Nakamura Miku left big city life to volunteer in the relief efforts following the Great Tohoku Earthquake of 2011, and the ...

The Tohoku region has become an increasingly popular destination among tourists from countries and regions that observed the Chinese New Year holiday from late January to early February ...

North of Tokyo, the Tohoku region unfolds across seven prefectures ... trip from Tokyo (or 70-minute flight from Osaka) to Sendai city, the regional transport hub, from where an efficient rail ...

Fourteen years after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, communities in the Tohoku region grappling with declining populations are focusing on young people and women to aid recovery.

Morioka, the capital of Iwate Prefecture in the northern Tohoku region of Japan, followed London, which topped the list. Reporters and writers for the Times annually nominate 52 cities from around ...

His haikus, inspired by the beauty of Tohoku, capture the essence of this land in just a few evocative lines. And when creative inspiration has piqued your appetite, head to Yamagata City and ...