NIIGATA, Japan -- With Japan's ski season right around the corner, inbound visitors are already showing up at some of the country's resorts. But those in Niigata prefecture, for decades one of Japan's ...

Tokyo is known for its delicious fare, but venturing to prefectures that hug the coastline yields seafood specialties aplenty ...

The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between Tokyo and Niigata. Load Map What is the travel distance between Niigata, Japan and Tokyo, Japan? How many miles is it from ...

OKAYA, Japan -- Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at ...

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A repatriated Japanese citizen abducted by North Korea has collected signatures calling for the early return of the other victims.

Social media posters abroad fuel hatred of Kurds in Japan VOX POPULI: Nomura, MUFG scandals may prove damaging beyond repair U.N. rapporteurs call on Japan to suspend capital punishment ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the snowstorm that hit some prefectures on the Sea of Japan side, particularly Niigata, was “massive for the start of the season.” ...

Since its establishment in 1931, Iwappara Ski Resort in Niigata Prefecture has been a sought after ski destination for all ...

SYPNOSIS Abduction by North Korea has been a long concern. It has been 47 years since Yokota Megumi was abducted in ...

Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu -- and I recently realized that, save Fukushima Prefecture, I had never fully explored the six-prefecture Tohoku region in the ...

Mainly wooden debris from dismantled buildings was loaded on a ship at Nanao City on Tuesday. It is the prefecture's fourth ...