Masao Miki, mayor of Suzuka City in Nagano Prefecture, apologizing for the city passing off grapes produced in Yamagata Prefecture as being grown locally to reward donors to its hometown tax program.

The agriculture ministry on Wednesday began to accept bids in the second round of its auction for government-stockpiled rice.

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Ramen is serious business in Yamagata Prefecture. The internal affairs ministry releases its annual statistics on household income and spending each February. Municipalities nationwide vie for the ...

Japan is home to 27,000 hot springs sources, but overtourism has reduced some of the country’s onsen water supply to a record ...

Top-ranked Yamagata Prefecture saw a 1.94-fold increase in bookings compared with the previous year, followed by Miyagi Prefecture with a 1.84-fold increase. Gifu, Fukushima and Aomori prefectures ...

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A beautiful oil on canvas portrait of a Japanese girl by David Burliuk (Ukrainian/American, 1882-1967) – part of a fresh-to-market, never before offered collection of works by Burliuk – sold for ...

Leutwiler, captivated by the beauty of Japanese swords, came to Japan to train in the city of Shobara in the prefecture. After five years, he moved to the Kui district of Mihara in December.