Heavy snow is expected mainly along the Sea of Japan coast, due to a strong winter pressure pattern from Wednesday through Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Tuesday. The agency warned of ...

Take a look inside Yusei Kikuchi’s indoor training facility 'King of the Hill' that he built in his hometown of Hanamaki in ...

People living mainly from nothern to western Japan along the Sea of Japan coast are advised against going out from Jan. 21-25 ...

Once forest fires start spreading, it takes a long time to extinguish them, and there is a risk of them spreading to urban areas. Efforts to prevent t ...

With no signal and no wires, the wind telephone in Japan has become a place where tens of thousands of people turn to say ...

As the University Entrance Common Test approaches, Iwate University has taken proactive steps to ensure that examinees are well-informed and prepared for the upcoming examination. Set to commence on ...

Northern Japan faces a record surge in Asian black bear attacks, with Akita Prefecture hardest hit. Depopulation and ...

Guided tours at Morioka City Zoo Zoomo led by keepers explaining the ecology of hibernating bears are drawing more and more ...

An 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Iwate Prefecture on Sunday around 1:15 p.m., registering a 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Miyako and Kuji in the prefecture.

The author on Someone To Watch Over You, the only one of her 14 novels to be translated from the original Japanese, that’s ...

TOKYO – Asian black bear sightings in Japan from April to November 2025 totaled 47,038, marking the highest figure since ...

The analysis showed that tsunami initially travelled across the Pacific Ocean and reached the coast of South America, about ...