AISHO, Shiga Prefecture--Residents here started a crowdfunding drive to help a COVID-19-hit school that was set up as a lifeline for Brazilian children struggling to adapt to life in Japan.

SHIGA (TR) – Shiga Prefectural Police launched an investigation after a man in his 70s was found collapsed and bleeding in an ...

A 78-year-old man died and his 74-year-old wife is in a critical condition after they were attacked at their high-rise apartment in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, on Wednesday. According to police, ...

SHIGA (TR) – In an unsolved case where a man’s dismembered body was found around Lake Biwa more than 15 years ago, police ...

Lake Biwa is the largest body of fresh water in Japan. There's a town, Harie in Shiga Prefecture, on its northwestern shore, with a constant sound of water. Canals run throughout the town ...

Today, we'll take a look at three interesting JDM trucks (plus a couple of bonus kei vans), spotted around the city of Higashiomi in Shiga Prefecture. Murilee Martin Higashiomi is located about ...

HIKONE, Shiga Prefecture--Omi Railway Corp., which is based here, started operating a sake-themed excursion train on Jan. 27 for passengers to try local favorites. The "Omi no Jizake Densha ...

Shiga Prefecture, site of Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, is home to centuries-old crafts like Shigaraki ware and Wana velvet. We explore an island in the lake by tricycle before climbing into ...

The instrument manufacturing company Marusan Hashimoto in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, is very busy making strings for the shamisen, the koto and other instruments. Strings make sounds ...