Iichi Marumo started competing in his late 80s, after a life spent farming, publishing poetry and volunteering to fly in a ...

They promptly unfurled a banner in the building to celebrate “our retaking Japan’s No. 1 spot in ramen consumption.” Ramen is serious business in Yamagata Prefecture. The internal affairs ...

Coupled shinkansen bullet trains returned to full service in northeastern Japan on Saturday morning, the operator said, following an ...