Technology developed to track license plates in paid parking lots without tire-locking mechanisms is attracting interest from police departments across Japan.

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--The Shirakawa village office will raise fees at municipal parking lots on Oct. 1 in hopes of thinning out the crowds of tourists here, which is part of a UNESCO World ...

KUMAGAYA, Saitama -- Plans to open a Starbucks cafe in the parking lot of a park in the Saitama Prefecture city of Gyoda have been aborted, the municipal government announced on March 19.