By Kaori Kaneko JOETSU, Japan (Reuters) -For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. began loading a second reactor with fuel at its nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, which may become its first reactor to be reactivated after the ...

Three more destinations – the foothills of Mount Fuji, Niigata, and Yamagata – have been added to the Japan Tourism Agency ...

The Japanese government is aiming to lower rice prices by selling further supplies of stockpiled rice directly to retailers.

Niigata Prefecture has held the first public hearing, attended by residents, on the advisability of restarting reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant ...

Niigata is known for Japan's best koshihikari rice and sake, but it offers much more. We run the rule over 7 of the best places to eat there Japan's Niigata prefecture may be less than 90 minutes ...

The Japanese government Friday approved evacuation plans in the event of an accident at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday criticized opposition leaders as irresponsible for proposing a consumption tax cut ...

Reporting from across Niigata Prefecture on Japan’s western coast Oct. 22, 2024 Scientists in Japan are racing against time to save the country’s most popular rice from the devastating effects ...

The 35th annual Koide International Snowball Fight in Uonuma in Niigata Prefecture, roughly 112 miles northwest of Tokyo, was the largest event of its kind in Japan, said 29-year-old head judge ...

The new cover features the RX-78-2 Gundam with the Koshihikari rice plant as its backdrop. The Niigata prefecture has been known as the largest rice-producing region in the country, and ...