Japan PM Kishida visits dairy farm in Tochigi

Japan PM Kishida visits dairy farm in Tochigi

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida drinks milk during a visit to a dairy farm in Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2023. He is visiting the farm to hear opinions from local farmers amid rising feed prices ahead of the release of the government's stimulus package in late October. (Pool photo)

Japan PM Kishida visits dairy farm in Tochigi

Japan PM Kishida visits dairy farm in Tochigi

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (3rd from R) visits a dairy farm in Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2023, to hear opinions from local farmers amid rising feed prices ahead of the release of the government's stimulus package in late October. (Pool photo)

Japan PM Kishida visits dairy farm in Tochigi

Japan PM Kishida visits dairy farm in Tochigi

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far R) visits a dairy farm in Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2023, to hear opinions from local farmers amid rising feed prices ahead of the release of the government's stimulus package in late October. (Pool photo)

Japan PM Kishida visits dairy farm in Tochigi

Japan PM Kishida visits dairy farm in Tochigi

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front, R) visits a dairy farm in Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2023, to hear opinions from local farmers amid rising feed prices ahead of the release of the government's stimulus package in late October. (Pool photo)

Japanese dairy households face crisis over rising feed prices

Japanese dairy households face crisis over rising feed prices

TOKYO, Japan - A dairy farmer in Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture, glances at an empty cow barn after he stopped raising milking cows in the face of surging feed prices.

Golf: Japan Women's Open

Golf: Japan Women's Open

Minami Katsu reacts after sinking her winning putt during the final round of the Japan Women's Open golf tournament on Oct. 4, 2021, at Karasuyamajo Country Club in Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture.

Golf: Japan Women's Open

Golf: Japan Women's Open

Minami Katsu hits off the 12th tee during the final round of the Japan Women's Open golf tournament on Oct. 4, 2021, at Karasuyamajo Country Club in Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture.

Golf: Japan Women's Open

Golf: Japan Women's Open

Minami Katsu holds the trophy after winning the Japan Women's Open golf tournament on Oct. 4, 2021, at Karasuyamajo Country Club in Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture.

Former sailor recalls drifting in waters off Philippines during WWII

Former sailor recalls drifting in waters off Philippines during WWII

Yoshiaki Waku, a former Imperial Japanese Navy sailor, recounts his experience of drifting in waters off the Philippines during World War II in an interview at his home in Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, as seen in this photo taken on March 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo