SEMBOKU, Akita -- The first international boarding school in Akita Prefecture will open here September, and the local government is pinning its hopes on the positive economic effects of the ...

While technically outnumbered by new releases, anime sequels hog so much of the limelight that they almost always overshadow everything else. 2025 is not shaping up to be an exception, with each ...

People sit inside kamakura snow huts during a traditional event in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, which started Saturday. At sunset, about 60 kamakura, each about three meters high, were illuminated to ...