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YAMATO, Kanagawa Prefecture--This city moved one step closer May 27 to becoming Japan's first municipality to ban using smartphones while walking, announcing a draft ordinance to prohibit the ...

A popular hiking trail that leads directly to the summit of Mount Ontake in central Japan is now open to climbers ... Authorities of Otaki village at the foot of the volcano lifted the ban ...