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

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.

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

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 ...

A group of nine parents and children cooked up a storm in late November in central Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, making hot ...

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

On the shelves were 5-kilogram bags of Koshihikari rice from Niigata Prefecture and Akitakomachi rice from Akita Prefecture, ...

TOKYO - Five prefectures may consider hosting the final disposal sites for soil removed during decontamination work following ...

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 ...