The farm reported rising poultry deaths, with tests confirming bird flu; the U.S. and England also reported cases.

In November, around 2,500 chickens were culled after an outbreak of the virus was reported on a farm in Gyoda city’s Saitama ...

Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens Sunday after a bird flu outbreak at a farm in the northern Iwate Prefecture region. It is the 19th bird flu outbreak of the season in Japan, the ...

The Japanese semiconductor industry, once a global leader, is taking decisive steps to regain its competitive edge. Amid the ...

This time we visit the idyllic mountain landscape and dramatic Sanriku coastline of Iwate Prefecture ... Otsuchi Sashiko began after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and is now shaping itself ...

Every three years the health ministry estimates healthy life expectancy based on a comprehensive survey of living conditions.

HACHIMANTAI, Iwate Prefecture--A prestigious British public school has used a ski resort area here to open its first affiliated international school in Japan. Harrow International School Appi ...

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)--The central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka logged the longest estimated average healthy life ...