The government of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, located within 30 km of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s ...

“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--Four fireworks lit up the night sky here Aug. 2 to mark the 75th anniversary of a U.S. bombing raid on the city during World War II and to pray that the COVID-19 ...

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 ...

The annual fireworks festival of Nagaoka in Niigata is among the most popular summer events in Japan. 00:21 In Niigata Prefecture, there's an ekiben that carries the heritage of flavors passed ...

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 ...

“People have been flowing out of Niigata to big cities such as Tokyo, so there are no young people to work in paddy fields,” says Yuya Takimoto, an assistant professor of engineering at ...

Singer-songwriter Gyu-bin is embarking on a full-scale advance into Japan. Gyu-bin will participate as the only Korean artist in the large music festival "Nagaoka Kome Festival 2025" held on May ...