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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists in Japan are racing against time to save the country’s most popular rice from the devastating effects of climate change. At a research center in Niigata Prefecture, Japan’s ...

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 ...

A prefectural information center in Tokyo’s Ginza district promotes travel to Niigata in the western Japanese prefecture.

Sunrise has placed a new Gundam utility hole cover in the city of Minamiuonuma in Japan's Niigata prefecture in August 2024.