A rookie candidate who turned to insect breeding after struggling to find work in his hometown is now the youngest mayor in ...

The prototype, launched from JAXA’s test site in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, reached a height of about 10 meters, and then ...

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, ...

Japan's space agency tested a prototype of a reusable rocket in Akita Prefecture in the country's northeast on Saturday, ...

A supermarket operator here has developed premium lavender flavored vinegar seasoning to promote this northern Japan town ...

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AKITA, Japan (Reuters) - On a recent weekday morning, a group of men in their 70s and 80s gathered for baseball practice just down the road from a junior high school where students were arriving to ...