In the current fiscal year, 38,641 students around Japan sat for ... according to the Oita prefectural board of education. Students who enter education faculties at university with the intention ...

OITA—After a 15-year hiatus, hovercraft are making a comeback as Oita Prefecture prepares to reopen what will be Japan’s only passenger route for the watercraft as early as December.

Visitors to the Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in the southwestern Japanese Prefecture of Oita, which is home ... A man from Gunma Prefecture in eastern Japan says he was surprised to ...