AKITA—An elderly man died on May 2 after being found collapsed on the ground near a broken blade from a wind turbine here, police said.

Fifty years ago on Oct. 13, 1973, our Blessed Mother appeared to Sister Agnes Sasagawa in a convent in Akita, Japan. It is no coincidence that the original apparition happened on the Oct. 13 ...

Ishida Kensuke, mayor of Odate and chairman of the Odate-Noshiro Airport Operation Promotion Council, held a ceremony on May 18 to appoint the two Akita dogs as airport directors, The Mainichi ...