Hundreds of residents in two cities in Iwate Prefecture were ordered to evacuate on Feb. 25 after a mountain fire broke out and continued overnight. As of 5 p.m. on Feb. 25, a total of about 8 ...

This north Japan city is crowdfunding using the "hometown tax" donation system to keep an ancient early-summer draft horse ...

The mayor of Ofunato City in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture has said there is no fear of a fire spreading again from ...

Screenshot of the Chinese Embassy in Japan. The Chinese Embassy in Japan on Thursday evening urged Chinese nationals to ...

Morioka, Iwate Pref., April 17 (Jiji Press)--The recent forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, burned ...

The plastic used in the sculpture was collected from beaches in Hawaii, according to Canary Wharf Group. Read more at ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Friday enacted a revised law to allow municipalities to authorize "emergency shootings" by hunters ...

Last year, it was reported that several municipalities were turning to AI to tackle bear threats. In Hanamaki, a city in ...

A woman from Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, who lost her junior high school classmates in the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, calls her late friends from 'the phone of the wind.' | REUTERS 'The ...

Another user posted an image showing a plastic basket bearing the name of a port in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, that was also affected by the tsunami. A plastic basket labeled "Ishinomaki Fish Market ...