Japan is experiencing a surge of avian influenza outbreaks, with approximately five million chickens and other birds culled ...

In earthquake-hit areas of central Japan's Noto Peninsula, a man from Iwate Prefecture has been serving warm coffee to people ...

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 ...

Snowfall intensified across northern Japan on Friday, January 17, rapidly increasing snow accumulation. Snow clouds affected ...

KUJI, Japan >> Sanriku Railway Co. is running its special seasonal train this winter, called the Kotatsu Ressha, between its ...

S/ Sasaki’s extra!Baseball player Sasaki Roki’s home prefecture of Iwate in northeastern Japan reacts with excitement ...

In November, around 2,500 chickens were culled after an outbreak of the virus was reported on a farm in Gyoda city’s Saitama prefecture. The environment ministry raised the bird flu alert to its ...