NAGAOKA, Niigata Prefecture--Partygoers and others wanting a raucous atmosphere should look elsewhere than the newly opened Nobi by Suzuki Coffee here. Sound or even a spoken word is not a ...

The body of a 98-year-old man was found covered in snow on the ground beneath the eaves of a shed on his property in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, on Thursday. Police said Nobuchika Higuchi, who ...

“Almost 60 households in this community used to be farmers: now there are only six,” says Fumikazu Nakamura, a 53-year-old farmer who lives near Nagaoka, Niigata’s second largest cit ...

NAGAOKA, Niigata Prefecture--The Nagaoka Fireworks Festival, a spectacular event that draws hundreds of thousands of spectators here each year on Aug. 2 and 3, will raise seating prices for ...

Cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C) and a 75% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). Night - Scattered showers with a 84% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

a researcher at Nagaoka University of Technology in Niigata, who is studying fermentation microbes. Rice cultivation and processing generates multiple forms of organic waste, including rice husks ...

He also says that the number of "urban bears" is increasing. A national park in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, has installed AI-linked cameras at 30 locations to detect animals and ...

Kazuhiko Hanzawa, a specially appointed professor of cardiovascular surgery at Niigata University and executive ... was evacuated to the city of Nagaoka. "There is a danger that fewer people ...