In a stunning upset, the 12th-ranked horse, Infloresce, ridden by the talented Seina Imamura, clinched victory in the 3rd race for 3-year-old and older horses over a distance of 1200 meters on turf.

Niigata Prefecture is known for its heavy snow, its ornamental carp, and the island of Sado, which was once a place of exile and is now a habitat for the crested ibis. Niigata Prefecture lies on Japan ...

Local residents and anti-nuclear activists in Japan oppose the restart of one of the world's biggest nuclear power plants and ...

The Niigata Wine Coast may just be the most beautiful wine region in Japan, and is perfect for a weekend getaway.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings said it will consider decommissioning two aging reactors at a nuclear power plant in ...

A new survey shows an equal divide among residents over restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co.

Japan’s Niigata prefecture may be less than 90 minutes away from Tokyo via bullet train, but the area, known for producing Japan’s best koshihikari rice and sake, rarely appears on people’s radar as a ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), known for operating the Fukushima power plan before the 2011 mishap, has been planning ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said Thursday that it has abandoned a plan to complete by the October 2025 deadline an antiterrorism facility for the No. 7 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa ...

A final decision on whether to decommission the reactors will be made about 18 months after the planned restart of the No. 6 ...