SENDAI--The Tohoku Shinkansen’s Yamabiko 340, bound for Tokyo, approached the platform at JR Sendai Station shortly before 6 a.m. on April 14 for the first time in nearly a month. “From all staff in ...

Typhoon No. 8 is expected to approach northeastern Japan from late at night on July 27 through the early hours of July 28 where it could make landfall, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Small and medium-size firms in the Tohoku region are increasing their presence in Japan’s growing space sector. Recent launches of space technology startups have created more opportunities to enter ...

The Tohoku region of Japan is synonymous with the great 17 th-century writer Matsuo Basho — whose journey into the north of his country was recorded in his masterpiece, The Narrow Road to the Deep ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Glencore, the miner and commodity trader, has finally ended key contract talks with Japanese utility company ...