MURAKAMI, Niigata Prefecture--Five people perished and one is still missing after a late-night fire at a rice cracker factory here that operated around the clock. The blaze broke out around 11:45 ...

NIIGATA, Japan -- With Japan's ski season right around ... with roughly 30% fewer from the peak. Another, the Murakami Budo Ski Resort, in the northern part of the mountainous prefecture, will ...

In Murakami, Niigata Prefecture ... rivers in nine prefectures were overflowing as of the morning of Aug. 5. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for six cities ...

A roughly 60-kilomter section between Murakami, Niigata Prefecture, and Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, is on the Sea of Japan coast, and its sea-scented vistas were a sight to behold. Particularly ...

Murakami signed a 600 million yen ($4 million) deal to play for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2025. Per an article from Yahoo Japan, Murakami announced at the news conference for his contract ...