Extreme rainfall and flooding in Yamagata Prefecture have likely caused significant damage, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced on July 25. The agency issued a special warning urging ...

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 ...

Suzaka Mayor Masao Miki apologized on March 18 for the city passing off grapes produced in Yamagata Prefecture as being grown ...

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

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 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.

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

Yamagata, the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture, was the top spender on ramen in 2024 among Japan’s prefectural capitals and designated cities for the third year running, with an average ...

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 ...

In the upgraded cars, the seats are a deep forest-green reminiscent of the mountains located at the heart of Yamagata Prefecture, Also, in response to recent usage trends, each car now has ...