Workers prepare sets of kagamimochi, decorative glutinous rice cakes, made to celebrate the New Year. Okurayama Aoyagi, a ...

Niigata (Japan) (AFP) – The Indian-born head of one of Japan's most famous snack brands has warned that the country must ...

In northern Niigata Prefecture, we'll see the old ways of living as we try spicy daikon radish rolls and fluffy manju buns, ...

Combat overtourism in other parts of Japan by visiting this central region. Here’s everything you should know before your ...

This includes the Hokuriku Shinetsu region to the north, where the prefectures of Fukui, Ishikawa, Niigata, and Toyama boast some of Japan’s best seafood, rice, and sake, while also offering ...

"Forty years ago I came to Japan because it was close to number one in GDP... it was booming," the biotech scientist told AFP at Kameda's headquarters in Japan's rice heartland of Niigata.

Residents and volunteers on Friday pounded steamed rice in a wooden mortar with a large hammer to make rice cakes at a ...

Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s ...

Niigata Machine Techno USA Inc. will not be selling new Niigata injection molding machines going forward but will continue with service and parts sales. The contract the Elk Grove, Ill.-based ...

Niigata Machine Techno USA Inc. will not be selling new Niigata injection molding machines, nor will it continue with service and parts sales after March 1, 2025. The contract the Elk Grove, Ill.