This north Japan city is crowdfunding using the "hometown tax" donation system to keep an ancient early-summer draft horse ...

Trouble between a passenger and a conductor aboard a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line in northeastern Japan ...

Japan's population has shrunk for the 14th year in a row, with senior citizens accounting for the largest portion on record.

The mayor of Ofunato City in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture has said there is no fear of a fire spreading again from ...

The city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture has declared that a massive forest fire that had ravaged the city since Feb. 26 has ...

HANAMAKI, Iwate Prefecture—Hotel employee Chen Mei Hui has helped to put this hot spring resort in northeastern Japan on the must-visit list for many tourists from her native Taiwan. The resort ...

Around 2,000 firefighters have been working from the air and ground to put out Japan's worst wildfire in half a century in the northeastern Iwate prefecture, local media reported on Tuesday.

The latest blazes come after a massive wildfire in Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, broke out in late February, burning around 3,000 hectares of the city over 12 days before it was ...