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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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

Many persimmons are being dried in the city of Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, creating a scenery like orange curtains. Sixteen to 20 peeled "benigaki" persimmons are tied together with string ...

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 ...