FUNABASHI, Chiba Prefecture--A drone will soon be flying through the shelves of a city library here, but it won't be disturbing the concentration of patrons or interfering with the daily operation.

CHIBA—After retiring at age 60, Hiromu Inada took up swimming to shed fat from his overweight body. Three decades later, at age 91, Inada plans to complete what many consider the world’s ...

Police in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of groping a female junior high school student on an escalator at JR Nishi-Funabashi Station. The incident occurred ...