SENDAI--The quiet environment where Atsushi Sato works as a bookstore clerk was turned upsidedown after he won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for his novel “Arechi no Kazoku” (A family in the ...

Once a year Sendai bursts into a riot of color as the city streets are decorated with sweeping streamers mounted on tall bamboo poles. Look closely for glimpses of the seven traditional ornaments ...

Date Masamune died in 1636 at the age of 70. Before his death, the famed warlord left instructions for a mausoleum to be built at Kyōgamine on the opposite bank of the Hirose River bordering the ...

Sampling Japan’s beef is a priority among many international visitors, with words like Wagyu, Kobe, yakiniku and Matsusaka racing through their minds as they step off the plane. A word that’s usually ...

SENDAI--The Sendai Pageant of Starlight, a key winter event on the city’s calendar, will be held on a reduced scale this year due to a shortage of funds triggered by rising labor costs and consumer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by Sendai Girls The “Final Boss” Meiko Satomura returns to the world championship scene as she competes for Sendai Girls‘ ...