He refers Indian people who want to work in Japan at race horse stables and farms, sending at least 60 workers to authorities operating the Hokkaido horse race, the Banei draft horse race in ...

Hokkaido Prefecture in northern Japan boasts a kingdom for the "sport of kings." The Hidaka region has hundreds of ranches, and they produce about 80 percent of the nation's racehorses. The ...

OBIHIRO, Hokkaido--It's early in the morning and bitterly cold, but that doesn't interfere with training for Banei horse racing here, a one-of-a-kind experience that tests endurance, strength and ...

Banei Keiba developed when Japanese settlers migrated to Hokkaido, a sparsely populated ... than the “visual experience” of regular horse racing. “This moves you physically as you cheer ...

A ride through Hokkaido Prefecture in early summer. We meet an artisan teaching handicrafts of the indigenous Ainu to the next generation, and a legendary trainer of an unusual horse race.