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 ...

GOSHOGAWARA, Aomori Prefecture--Apple growers created an apple wine similar to what is featured in "Tsugaru" by Osamu Dazai (1909-1948), considered one of Japan's foremost novelists of the 20th ...

Last month's record snowfall caused significant damage to apple orchards in Aomori, which is also Japan's largest apple-producing region, contributing about 60% of the country's apples.