Residents in northern Japan were battening down the hatches as powerful Typhoon No. 5 remained on course to make landfall in the Tohoku region on Aug. 12. Linear rainbands that cause prolonged ...

Enjoy four seasons of natural beauty, festivities and outdoor activities off the beaten track in Japan's north. North of Tokyo, the Tohoku region unfolds across seven prefectures that offer a ...

The European flat oyster, introduced to Japan over 70 years ago, was thought to have vanished. However, it was recently rediscovered in waters off Tohoku, a region in northeast Japan which was ...

13, the season’s seventh typhoon was moving east-northeast ... flooding in the Tohoku region. Additionally, a tropical depression near Minami-Torishima island, southeast of Japan, developed ...

Snow is falling along the Sea of Japan coast from northern to eastern Japan and is expected to intensify through Friday. The Japan Meteorological Agency says a winter pressure pattern and a cold ...

prompting researchers to warn of a more catastrophic quake Just days ahead of the anniversary of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated swathes of northeast Japan, there is growing ...

Toyota Motor Corp is considering shifting some production at its central Japan home ground to other areas in a realignment aimed at addressing a labor shortage and natural disaster risks, sources ...

JR East realized they needed to not just rebuild the damaged railroads, but take a further step and take leadership in restoring the region and bringing people back to Tohoku. As a part of this effort ...