OKAYA, Nagano Prefecture--Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in ...

OKAYA, Nagano Prefecture--If wearing a surgical mask in summer makes you feel like your face is on fire, cold relief has arrived in the form of a Nagano company's fire hose face coverings.

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During a heavy rain disaster in August 2021, two houses were swept away by mud and sand in Unzen City, Nagasaki Prefecture, and a house was caught in a mudslide in Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture.

Cloudy with a high of 42 °F (5.6 °C) and a 55% chance of precipitation. Winds from N to NNW at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). Night - Cloudy with a 63% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. The ...