Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens Sunday after a bird flu outbreak at a farm in the northern Iwate ...

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 ...

YAMADA, Iwate Prefecture—A European oyster species that “disappeared” from waters around the Tohoku region after the 2011 tsunami was, in fact, just laying low. Aquaculture farmers here are ...

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)--The central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka logged the longest estimated average healthy life expectancy for both men and women as of 2022, at 73.75 and 76.68 years ...

The year 2024 saw some train and bus operators in Japan switch to contactless credit card fare payment systems in lieu of ...

OSHU, Iwate Prefecture—Residents here created a field of dreams for hometown hero Shohei Ohtani. A 1,000-square-meter rice paddy field shows Ohtani wearing Japan’s national team uniform ...

Jorg recaps the Grand Seiko releases we covered in 2024 on Fratello ✓ From the Quartz Snowflake to the titanium Icefall ✓ See ...

From top down: Aomori - Nebuta Matsuri float festival, Akita - Omagari Hanabi fireworks display, Iwate - Morioka Sansa Odori festival ... an hour further north to Aomori City in Aomori Prefecture for ...

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

The 66-year-old Kikuchi was born in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture. He has been serving as archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo since 2017. Cardinals hold the second-highest rank after ...