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 ...
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the highest ... The platform at Sakamachi Station in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture, was flooded, according to the JR East Niigata branch.
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 ...