Two doctors at a hospital in the northeastern Japan city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, were arrested Feb. 14 for allegedly trying to conc･･･ ...

Police in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Friday arrested the former director of a hospital and another doctor on suspicion of covering up the murder of a patient by another hospitalized man in 2023.

The brothers allegedly conspired to hide the murder while knowing the victim was killed in the hospital. Read more at ...

The city of Aomori, located in Aomori Prefecture, in the far north of Japan’s main island, Honshu, is the snowiest city in ...

Record snowfall in January has severely damaged apple orchards in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori, the country's ...

FUKUI--To alleviate concerns from local communities, Kansai Electric Power Co. unveiled on Feb. 13 a revised schedule for ...

It remains to be seen whether the prefectural government will support the revised plans. Fukui has long called for spent ...

One person has died and four more have been seriously injured due to heavy snow in parts of Japan, according to the Fire and ...

AOMORI -- Record snowfall has hit the Tsugaru region of northern Japan's Aomori Prefecture, with snow reaching over 4.3 meters deep in one area. The snow was brought by a cold air mass with ...

The forecast for the 2025 cherry blossom season, which will commence in mid-March and extend through mid-May, has been ...

The Aomori Shrine Where "Umineko" Soar Each spring, about 30,000 black-tailed gulls flock to a nesting site around a shrine in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture. The gulls, which are called umineko or ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 41 °F (5 °C) and a 55% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. Night - Partly cloudy with a 56% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 5 to 10 mph (8 to 16.1 ...