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The vast carpet of pampas grass in Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park, Yamaguchi Prefecture, never looks better than in autumn. This golden-hued vista can be enjoyed until mid-November.

Farmers must incessantly weed rice paddies to maintain water flow through the terraces. Rice, an annual grass belonging to the same family as barley, oats, rye, and wheat, grows today in a range ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The Kangei Maru, a new whaling mother ship that will succeed the decommissioned Nisshin Maru, has been built here. A signing ceremony for its delivery was held ...

Some 1,600 metres (one mile) above sea level in Lao Cai province in northern Vietnam, Sapa was always difficult to get to for most, other than the ethnic minority tribes that built rice terraces ...

Ai Yamaguchi (Japanese, b.1977) is an artist who utilizes a unique combination of delicately drawn lines and celluloid, picture-like expression to vividly portray the lives of young female prostitutes ...

The documentary features impressive drone shots of the rice terraces and its surrounding area. Moreover, the team behind ...

The Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest crime syndicate, has apparently let bygones be bygones and allowed a rival gang that had splintered from it six years ago back into the fold. According to ...

It appears the Kansas City Chiefs won’t have wide receiver Rashee Rice during their quest to win an unprecedented third consecutive Super Bowl. Rice underwent successful surgery to repair the ...

There are tens of thousands of varieties of rice. Sticky (or glutinous) rice does not contain gluten; the name refers to its texture once cooked. The grains hold together, making them easy to ...

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