The agriculture ministry on Wednesday began to accept bids in the second round of its auction for government-stockpiled rice.

YAMAGATA--The capital of Yamagata Prefecture has slurped its way to defending its honorable title of having the “No.1 ramen consumers in Japan.” According to a household economy survey ...

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YAMAGATA, (Japan): This year’s cherry harvest in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan’s largest producer of the small red fruit, has significantly decreased this season due to extremely high temperatures.

Police in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, have arrested a 37-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of trespassing on private property after she broke into a man’s apartment while he was taking a ...

YAMAGATA—Cheers erupted just after 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 7 at the city government’s office, where Yamagata Mayor Takahiro Sato was hosting a gathering of ramen shop operators. They promptly ...

Yamagata Prefecture, some 300 kilometers north of Tokyo, is a mountainous region. Around 70% of its land covered by forests and to this day it boasts a long tradition of using that wood in its ...

Masao Miki, mayor of Suzuka City in Nagano Prefecture, apologizing for the city passing off grapes produced in Yamagata Prefecture as being grown locally to reward donors to its hometown tax program.

Night - Scattered showers with a 66% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 35 °F (1.7 °C). Cloudy with a high of 44 °F (6.7 °C) and a 49% chance of precipitation.

News; Japan Begins to Take Bids in 2nd Auction of Reserve Rice; Japan Begins to Take Bids in 2nd Auction of Reserve Rice.

Cloudy with a high of 36 °F (2.2 °C). Winds from W to WNW at 9 to 14 mph (14.5 to 22.5 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from W to WSW at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be ...