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Japan PM rides self-driving car

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) is pictured after riding a self-driving vehicle in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2023. The vehicle already runs on a public road in the central Japan town for commercial service.

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Finder of world's oldest fossilized bird eggshells

FUKUI, Japan - Dinosaur researcher Takuya Imai smiles in this undated file photo. Imai has determined that fossilized bird eggshells kept at Fukui Prefectural University's Dinosaur Research Institute in Eiheiji, western Japan, are the world's oldest.

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Halal soy sauce for Muslim market

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014 in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, shows bottles of the alcohol-free soy sauce-like seasoning named "Fukumurasaki."

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Halal soy sauce for Muslim market

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014 in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, shows Takashi Utagawa, specially appointed professor of applied microbiology at the Fukui Prefectural University, holding a bottle of the alcohol-free soy sauce-like seasoning named "Fukumurasaki."

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Year-end cleanup at Eiheiji

FUKUI, Japan - Monks dust a building wall at Eiheiji, a Buddhist temple, in Fukui Prefecture during an annual year-end cleanup event on Dec. 22, 2010.

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Japanese cedar, believed to be 700 years old, felled at Eiheiji

FUKUI, Japan - Part of a Japanese cedar, believed to be 700 years old, lies on the ground at Eiheiji, the head temple of the Soto Sect of Zen Buddhism, in the town of Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, on April 30, 2010. According to the temple, the tree, which stood 45 meters high, was found to have snapped at a point 25 meters above ground on April 27 after strong winds in the area.

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Private funeral for Eiheiji Temple abbot Miyazaki held

FUKUI, Japan - A private funeral for Ekiho Miyazaki, abbot of Eiheiji Temple in Fukui Prefecture, was held at the temple on Jan. 11. The abbot died of natural causes Jan 5 at a hospital in Sapporo at age 106.

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Death toll from Typhoon Nabi rises to 11, 12 missing

EIHEIJI, Japan - A pine tree broken by strong winds brought by Typhoon Nabi falls on the corridor of the famous Buddhist temple Eiheiji in Fukui Prefecture on Sept. 7. The death toll from the typhoon rose to 11, with 12 people missing mainly in western and southwestern Japan.

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Fossils of new dinosaur species found in Thailand

Masateru Shibata, a researcher at Fukui Prefectural University's Dinosaurs Research Institute, is pictured with fossils of a dinosaur discovered in Thailand, in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan on Jan. 15, 2016. The fossils have been found to be those of an unknown species of iguanodon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Adolescence anorexia linked to decreased brain volume: Japan researchers

Takashi Fujisawa, assistant professor at Fukui University, explains during an interview in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 25, 2015, about MRI images from his team's research that show young women with anorexia have reduced volume in a pair of inferior frontal gyri in the brain that control actions and emotions. The findings have been published in the U.S. online science journal PLOS One. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Japanese universities to collaborate on dinosaur research

Hiroshi Nishi (R), head of the Center for Academic Resources and Archives at Tohoku University, shakes hands with the chief of the Dinosaur Research Institute at Fukui Prefectural University in the western Japanese city of Eiheiji on July 28, 2015, after the two universities agreed to collaborate on dinosaur research. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Commercial operation of unmanned self-driving vehicle in Japan

File photo taken in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, on March 25, 2021, shows a remotely monitored self-driving vehicle running on a public road reserved for bicycles and pedestrians in the central Japan town carrying passengers.

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Death toll from Typhoon Nabi rises to 11, 12 missing

EIHEIJI, Japan - A pine tree broken by strong winds brought by Typhoon Nabi falls on the corridor of the famous Buddhist temple Eiheiji in Fukui Prefecture on Sept. 7. The death toll from the typhoon rose to 11, with 12 people missing mainly in western and southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Private funeral for Eiheiji Temple abbot Miyazaki held

FUKUI, Japan - A private funeral for Ekiho Miyazaki, abbot of Eiheiji Temple in Fukui Prefecture, was held at the temple on Jan. 11. The abbot died of natural causes Jan 5 at a hospital in Sapporo at age 106. (Kyodo)

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Japanese cedar, believed to be 700 years old, felled at Eiheiji

FUKUI, Japan - Part of a Japanese cedar, believed to be 700 years old, lies on the ground at Eiheiji, the head temple of the Soto Sect of Zen Buddhism, in the town of Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, on April 30, 2010. According to the temple, the tree, which stood 45 meters high, was found to have snapped at a point 25 meters above ground on April 27 after strong winds in the area. (Kyodo)

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Finder of world's oldest fossilized bird eggshells

FUKUI, Japan - Dinosaur researcher Takuya Imai smiles in this undated file photo. Imai has determined that fossilized bird eggshells kept at Fukui Prefectural University's Dinosaur Research Institute in Eiheiji, western Japan, are the world's oldest. (Kyodo)

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Year-end cleanup at Eiheiji

FUKUI, Japan - Monks dust a building wall at Eiheiji, a Buddhist temple, in Fukui Prefecture during an annual year-end cleanup event on Dec. 22, 2010. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

Eiheiji Mayor Hisamitsu Kawai disinfects his hands at the town office on May 19, 2020, with disinfectants made by sake breweries in the Fukui prefectural town amid the coronavirus pandemic. Eiheiji requested all breweries in the town to make high-proof alcohol as an alternative for disinfectants so that it can buy all of them to distribute to medical organizations and others in need. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo taken May 19, 2020, shows disinfectants made by sake breweries in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The central Japan town requested all breweries in the town to make high-proof alcohol as an alternative for disinfectants so that it can buy all of them to distribute to medical organizations and others in need. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Self-driving vehicle test-runs in central Japan

A self-driving vehicle test-runs on a public road in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on June 24, 2019. The government-sponsored trial will continue for about six months through Dec. 20, the longest of its kind being conducted using a public road. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Self-driving vehicle test-runs in central Japan

A self-driving vehicle test-runs on a public road in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on June 24, 2019. The government-sponsored trial will continue for about six months through Dec. 20, the longest of its kind being conducted using a public road. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo