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HIGASHI-NARUSE, Akita Prefecture—Two green bulldozers smoothly spread a mixture of pebble and cement at the construction site of a mountainous dam, followed by four vibratory rollers that ...

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 ...

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

From subtropical islands to chilled-out ski resorts, there are so many places in Japan that don't suffer from the overtourism ...

Akita prefecture. The festival is said to have originated about 400 years ago when a feudal lord who had fought off bandits installed small dog sculptures made of rice flour at the entrance and ...

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 ...

Rice prices in Japan have continued to surge since last summer's "rice crisis of the Reiwa era." Despite the government's planned release of 210,000 metric tons of stockpiled rice, consumers are ...

The idea struck Kudo, a 30-year-old Tokyo ad agency employee, when he was sorting out his clothes for sale ahead of a visit to his hometown of Happo in Akita Prefecture in the spring of last year.

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