File photo taken in July 1993 shows the Aonae district in the southern part of Okushiri Island burning after an earthquake ...

to be exchange students to Toba, Japan. In late July and August, four Japanese students from Toba will visit the homes of four Santa Barbara students for approximately eight days during Fiesta.

A trading room about an hour’s train ride from Tokyo is on the radar of Japanese government bond investors waiting to see whether domestic banks will resume buying the nation’s debt in earnest.Most ...