Head to the unsung Japanese region of Tohoku to discover its traditional inns, and immerse yourself in the thermal waters ...

rain and snow in eastern and northern Japan on Wednesday. The Meteorological Agency says a low pressure system is moving westward on the Sea of Japan, causing strong winds in western Japan on Tuesday.

In Japan, a brilliant solution to clearing snow from roads has been in place for decades, and it’s one the U.S. could ...

(Mainichi/Shintaro Matsumoto) AOMORI -- Snow removal work is in full swing along a stretch of a northern Japan road that becomes a "snow corridor" with meters-high walls of the white stuff on ...

Especially in June, the agency says temperatures will be higher than usual from northern to western Japan, with two high-pressure systems likely increasing their power. One is expected to be from the ...

The fires, which quickly burned hundreds of hectares, erupted just days after massive wildfires in northern Japan burnt almost 3,000 hectares, nearly a tenth of the land in the area. Six homes were ...