Escape Japan's more popular tourist hubs and head to a less-visited, mountainous region with festivals and delicious food ...

The average price wholesalers paid for brown rice harvested in 2024 hit a record high for the sixth straight month in ...

Three workers in Japan died Friday after losing consciousness while repairing sewer pipes down a manhole in the city of Oga, Akita Prefecture.

Akita hopes that making warm emergency meals that offer victims some comfort after a disaster will become more widespread.

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A statue of the main character of Japan's popular anime series "Crayon Shinchan" has been unveiled in front of children in ...

People in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, have flown kites in a festival to mark the first signs of spring as the snow ...

A couple relocated their izakaya Japanese-style pub from Akita Prefecture to Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, a few years ago as ...

YUZAWA, Japan >> The Inukko Matsuri (Yuzawa Inukko Dog Festival), a traditional Lunar New Year festival in which people make ...

Three workers died Friday morning after collapsing inside a manhole at a sewer construction site in the city of Oga, Akita Prefecture, according to police. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m ...

All 450 passengers in the 10-car Hayabusa train, bound for Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture, and 200 in the seven-car Komachi train, bound for Akita Station in Akita Prefecture ...

The railway operator, which is also known as JR East, started the services in the cities of Minamiboso and Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture on Monday and in Senboku, Akita Prefecture, in the second ...