A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan on New Year’s Eve, registering at a 6.0 in magnitude, according to the ...

HIROSAKI, Aomori Prefecture—Sake connoisseurs wanting to try the top breweries in Aomori Prefecture and enjoy drinking with experts can sign up for new taxi tours supervised by a sake sommelier that ...

On December 21, 2023, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, capturing the attention of local authorities and residents alike. This article will delve ...

Explore the fascinating journey of solar energy, from the early pioneering photovoltaic cells created by Bell Labs in the ...

Aftershocks continued into the morning of Dec. 9 following a magnitude-7.5 earthquake that struck off Aomori Prefecture, injuring at least 30 people, triggering a tsunami and severing water supplies.

Established in 1871 (formerly part of Mutsu province) Capital: Aomori Population: 1,238,000 (as of Oct. 2020) Area: 9,646 km 2 Aomori’s largest city is the prefectural capital, also called Aomori, ...

Record snowfall in January has severely damaged apple orchards in Aomori, northeast Japan, the country’s largest apple-producing region, with authorities fearing losses could exceed 10 billion yen ...

HACHINOHE, Aomori -- A movement is afoot in Aomori Prefecture to lift it out of last place in a national ranking of average life expectancy by encouraging residents to reduce the amount of salt in ...

On Jan. 1, Aomori Bank and Michinoku Bank, both headquartered in the city of Aomori, merged to form Aomori Michinoku Bank, marking the first consolidation of two regional banks within the same ...

AOMORI -- The annual Aomori Nebuta Festival, one of Japan's most popular summer events, kicked off here on Aug. 2. When the starting gun was fired at 7 p.m., large floats roughly 5 meters tall and 9 ...

Twenty-one feet of snow – enough to bury a two-story house. And then some. That’s how much snow fell last year in Aomori City, in the northern Tohoku region of Japan. But it was just another winter in ...

Many in Japan are under the impression that the Japanese are “not religious.” But look at daily life here, and one could say that they are among the most religious people in the world. The return to ...