Japanese high-speed bullet trains, suspended over a decoupling while in motion issue, resumed service Friday. East Japan ...

While Japan's convenience store market may be considered oversaturated in terms of the sheer number of stores, major operator ...

The first international boarding school in Akita Prefecture will open here September, and the local government is pinning its hopes ...

People in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, have flown kites in a festival to mark the first signs of spring as the snow ...

Three workers died Friday morning after collapsing inside a manhole at a sewer construction site in the city of Oga, Akita ...

A statue of the main character of Japan's popular anime series "Crayon Shinchan" has been unveiled in front of children in ...

Three workers in Japan died Friday after losing consciousness while repairing sewer pipes down a manhole in the city of Oga, Akita Prefecture.

A bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line made an emergency stop near a station in Tokyo on Thursday after two cars ...

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Suspended coupled bullet train services in northeastern Japan resumed Friday, the operator said, after safety checks were completed following an incident last week in which linked shinkansen trains ...