On Wednesday, August 20, northern Tohoku experienced heavy rainfall, causing some rivers in Akita Prefecture to overflow.

Tsukiko Ito, 84, was 4 years old when Akita's Tsuchizaki district was battered by around 130 bombers from the United States ...

A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy has been left with horror injuries after allegedly being pinned to the ground and mauled by an Akita dog. Zander Coyle was playing at a pal’s home in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, ...

AKITA--Towering wind turbines the height of 40-story buildings dot the waters off the coast of Akita Prefecture, an indication that construction of Japan’s first large-scale offshore wind farms ...

The case was reclassified as a homicide, and not a bear attack, after police discovered what appeared to be knife wounds on ...

After heavy rain caused flooding of the Hinokinai River, residents in this northeast Japan city along the river were busy ...

The connections between Akita and Fatima are striking, beginning with Akita’s major message and Fatima’s “Miracle of the Sun” both taking place on Oct. 13.