Tottori is Japan’s least populous prefecture ... complete with planting a flag on the “lunar surface.” Back in the not-so-digital world, concerns about the dunes aren’t going anywhere.

Mitsuko Tottori joined the flag carrier as a flight attendant in 1985, before working her way up. She said she hoped her promotion would give other women the courage to pursue the next step in ...

Japanese researchers helped the society trace some of the 50 signatures on the flag to Tottori prefecture, Keiko Ziak, founder of the Obon Society, said during the video call. It turned out that ...