SADO, Japan (AP) — Japanese officials have held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, listed in July as a UNESCO World Heritage site after Japan moved past years of historical ...

The Environment Ministry plans to release crested ibises next year in central Japan's earthquake-hit Noto region to ...

Japan has agreed to acknowledge the history of wartime Korean labor at the Sado gold and silver mine in Niigata Prefecture as part of its efforts to gain UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listing ...

SADO, Niigata Prefecture--Japan was set to go ahead with a memorial ceremony Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines, despite South Korea’s last-minute boycott of the event that highlighted ...

The prestigious Kodō ensemble, a leading light of Japanese taiko drumming, has long made its home on Sado Island in the Sea ...

Miyuki Iizuka, center, mother of passenger Sado Iizuka sits with her daughter-in-law, Kinuko Iizuka, left, in a hotel in ...

Historically Japan was famous for gold, much of it mined on Sado. The prosperity this created left the island with unique cultural traditions like its strong Noh theater. We meet an actor teaching ...

The strongest cold wave of the season has caused record snowfall in the Hokuriku region since Friday night. In 12 hours from Friday night to Saturday morning, 50 centimeters of snow fell in Niigata ...

Lying off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, Sado is among the largest islands on Japan's coastline. Among its many attractions is the chance to meet some of Japan's most charming birds, the toki ...

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