Linear rainbands have dumped record levels of heavy rain in Aomori and Akita prefectures, causing mudslides and flooding in ...

Aftershocks continued into the morning of Dec. 9 following a magnitude-7.5 earthquake that struck off Aomori Prefecture, ...

A foreign tourist has suffered injuries in a bear attack in Japan's northern prefecture of Aomori. Local authorities said the ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck off Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan today, the country’s weather agency said, reported Xinhua.

TOKYO — A foreign tourist was injured after being attacked by a bear near an observation deck overlooking Lake Towada, a popular tourist destination in northeastern Japan’s Aomori Prefecture, local ...

An 80-year-old woman in Aomori Prefecture died on Tuesday after being attacked by a bear while foraging for bamboo shoots in the mountains. She was discovered unconscious on Mount Hakkoda in the city ...

Every first timer to Japan should see Tokyo and Kyoto, and for good reason. Kyoto is Japan’s most historically significant city, home to the imperial court for more than 1,000 years. Tokyo is its ...

HACHINOHE, Aomori -- A movement is afoot in Aomori Prefecture to lift it out of last place in a national ranking of average life expectancy by encouraging residents to reduce the amount of salt in ...