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Niigata is not Japan’s most prominent prefecture, but there are a handful of areas in which it stands out. Snowboarders and ...

NIIGATA -- The Niigata Prefecture city of Murakami is known as a leading producer of chum salmon on the Sea of Japan coast. The city's history with th･･･ ...

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 ...

In a major step for the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the Niigata Prefecture governor is expected to grant his approval as early as Nov. 21, sources ...

Niigata is a hotspot on the national ramen map, with fierce competition among various schools of noodles served there. One popular version is Nagaoka’s shōga-jōyu ramen, blending soy and tonkotsu ...

NIIGATA – Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi won his third four-year term in Sunday’s gubernatorial election in the central Japan prefecture. The 68-year-old governor was backed by the ruling Liberal ...

Niigata – This Thursday marks the final day of the Niigata International Animation Film Festival (NIAFF), which kicked off March 15 in Niigata City. The event, now in its third year, opened with a ...

When the baseball season ends, the weekends feel a little longer.I used to check the game results almost every week, make ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Niigata is the fifth largest prefecture in Japan, with a total area of about 5.74 times that of Tokyo, and a lovely area that ...

An ultra-modern online crowdfunding campaign has come to the rescue of one of the most traditional and uniquely Japanese businesses in the north coast city of Niigata – its geisha community. Japan’s ...

A ramen shop is seen crowded with customers in Niigata's Higashi Ward on March 26, 2022. (Mainichi/Mayuka Ikeda) NIIGATA -- The average household in this central Japan city spent a total of 13,734 yen ...