The rainy season usually lasts from June to July, but for a large swath of the country — from Kyoto to Kyushu — it ended ...

Japan's rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country's western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as climate change makes global weather patterns less predictable.

For more than 40 years, the Ohasama Study, named after a town in Iwate Prefecture, has tracked the long-term health of Ohasama's local population.

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 28-year-old man from Iwate Prefecture over the alleged sexual assault of a woman living in Shinjuku Ward under the pretext of exorcising a spirit ...

OFUNATO, Iwate — Yoshihiro Chiba, 50, who recently retired from a job as a firefighter in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, now intends to establish a company in the city to educate the public on preventing ...

Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar, Dodgers Shohei Ohtani are among 12 active Japanese MLB players that will be celebrated with custom manhole covers in Japan.

Iwate Prefecture and the relevant municipal government have set up the Iwate Prefecture World Heritage Preservation and Utilization Promotion Council to provide the overall management framework for ...

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani is among 12 active Japanese MLB players that will be celebrated with custom manhole covers in Japan.