MORIOKA—Colorful ice-fishing huts in red, yellow and green dot the snow-covered ice on Lake Gandoko here that stretches as ...

A forest fire broke out in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture on Feb. 26, damaging scores of homes and triggering evacuation orders for ･･･ ...

A massive wildfire in northeastern Japan was declared contained Sunday after raging for 12 days, damaging at least 210 ...

MORIOKA--With a population of under 300,000 people, this city has found itself suddenly in the global spotlight after placing second in this year’s “52 Places to Go” list from The New York ...

Over a hundred more households in northeastern Japan were told to evacuate on Saturday as a wildfire that has been burning f ...

A replacement for Aloha Stadium may be built on parts of the existing condemned facility in Halawa as a way to reduce costs ...

Morioka Castle Site Park In feudal times, Morioka was the seat of the Nanbu domain. The site of the clan's former castle was opened to the public as a park in 1906 and is known for its cherry ...

If we could get this project right, it could be a model for Hawaiʻi actually doing big things successfully again.