An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted Japan`s Aomori prefecture on Monday, but authorities did not issue a ...

NISHIMEYA, Aomori Prefecture--While riot police officers are authorized to shoot bears to combat an alarming rise in bear-related injuries and deaths across Japan, the Nishimeya village office here ...

AOMORI—A tourism official’s attempt to produce an apple-themed version of Rubik’s Cube has led to several red faces. Apples are a specialty of Aomori Prefecture, and images of six varieties of the ...

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force also plans to deploy a total of 42 F-35As at the base, with 39 currently in operation.

Crew members from the fishing boat said they had stopped the engine early on Tuesday and were preparing to fish when the ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). In Japan’s under-explored Tohoku region, the vast prefecture of Aomori unfolds as a landscape of bucolic plains and peaks. For ...

Record snowfall in January has severely damaged apple orchards in Aomori, northeast Japan, the country’s largest apple-producing region, with authorities fearing losses could exceed 10 billion yen ...

HACHINOHE, Aomori -- A movement is afoot in Aomori Prefecture to lift it out of last place in a national ranking of average life expectancy by encouraging residents to reduce the amount of salt in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeanette Hurt covers the culture of spirits, wine and beer. A might be for apples, but it’s also for Aomori, home to Japan’s ...

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AOMORI -- The annual Aomori Nebuta Festival, one of Japan's most popular summer events, kicked off here on Aug. 2. When the starting gun was fired at 7 p.m., large floats roughly 5 meters tall and 9 ...

Located in present-day Aomori Prefecture at the northernmost end of Japan’s largest island, Honshū, Hirosaki was a flourishing castle town during the Edo period (1603–1868). Today, the former site of ...