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's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said in a statement that she was ''truly delighted'' by Sado island's designation, underscoring its ''extraordinary value as an exceptional cultural heritage.'' ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI--Japan’s Sado Island gold mine formally gained World Cultural Heritage status during a meeting of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO here on July 27. The decision brings the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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