A tourism facility where visitors can interact with Akita dogs has reopened in this northern Japan city after being moved and ...

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 has ...

Apple farmer Satomi Ito, 66, holds his hunting rifle as he poses for a photograph in the woods next to a site where his neighbour was mauled by a wild bear last year, in Kitaakita, Akita prefecture, ...

To combat a surge of deadly bear attacks in Akita Prefecture, Ground Self-Defense Force troops on Nov. 5 joined local efforts ...

Officials in Akita see offshore wind as a lever for reversing economic and demographic decline, while developers love the ...

Click here for the previous article “Are you taking the train?”I showed the screen of my smartphone to the station attendant ...

YUZAWA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yuzawa Royal Hotel and AKITA Geo Tour Co., Ltd. have begun accepting reservations for their two days-one night tour package of Akita, in the Snow Country (January to ...

Akita dogs are seen in this photo provided by the Akita Inu Preservation Society. ODATE, Akita -- The Akita Inu Preservation Society, based in this northern Japan city, will introduce digital pedigree ...

FILE photo. A bullet train arriving at a Tokyo train station in February 2025. A shinkansen bullet train collided with a bear while running between Wada and Ugo-Sakai stations in Japan’s Akita ...