The Japanese government Friday approved evacuation plans in the event of an accident at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power ...

A food bank launched in April by students at Niigata University distributed foodstuffs to struggling fellow students for the ...

The firm has decided to put the No. 6 reactor back online ahead of the No. 7 unit, which is ready to be restarted.

The singer-songwriter delivers her bilingual lyrics and artful blend of jazz and indie pop with quiet confidence.

With the odds stacked against him, the 45-year-old monk was ready to throw in the towel until Chico intervened.

MYOKO, Niigata Prefecture--Three winters from now, Japan’s snowy Myoko highlands will be home to a $1.4 billion mega-resort built by a Singaporean fund, with hotels charging some $1,350 a night.

Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings has begun loading a second reactor with fuel at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP in Niigata ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. began loading a second reactor with fuel at its nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, which may become its first reactor to be reactivated after the ...

This symbolic fireworks show is one of the country's top three, and now more people can enjoy it in its anniversary year ...

The English proficiency of public junior high school and senior high school students in Japan continues to improve, a recent education ministry survey for fiscal 2024 ...

Located in the heartland of Niigata Prefecture, the city of Nagaoka is blessed with an abundance of water. It lies on the ...

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