More than a year on, Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Kondo, 59, remains the only female SDF officer holding any of the ...

Japan on Friday provided South Korea with another batch of passenger lists from the 1945 sinking of a Japanese vessel that ...

NAKADOMARI, Aomori Prefecture—Conquering the Tsugaru Strait ... Fast currents flow in the strait northeast from the Sea of Japan to the Pacific Ocean. That means challengers would have to ...

Three Japanese exchange students from Hirosaki Jitsugyou High School were treated to a full day of food and cultural ...

Cloudy with a high of 36 °F (2.2 °C) and a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds WSW at 12 mph (19.3 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 52% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 6 to 15 mph (9 ...

A flock of swans are visiting the "swan meeting plaza" near a river in the town of Fujisaki, Aomori Prefecture, to rest their wings. Every year, about 300 swans migrate to the area around November and ...

AOMORI: More and more foreign visitors have been getting lost, buried in avalanches and facing other trouble while skiing or snowboarding on mountains in Aomori Prefecture, prompting calls for ...