The Hokkaido prefectural government said record-breaking snowfall has been observed especially in the eastern regions of the ...

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Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...

The increased focus on foreign travelers follows the death of a Hong Kong woman on the outskirts of Otaru. The 61-year-old ...

A government investigation has confirmed that tunnel construction for the shinkansen bullet train line extension to Sapporo caused a nearby･･･ ...

Hong Kong director-producer has been scouting locations for an action movie in north Japan, leading to hopes that he will ...

You've heard of lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes. Check out what a larger sea and bitter cold air helped to generate in ...

Netflix has just dropped its latest offering, "Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido-", a gripping continuation of the Golden Kamuy saga that's set ...

A pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers escorted by two Russian fighter aircraft carried out a eight-hour flight over the Sea of ...

But this sleepy city tucked away on the west coast of the island of Hokkaido has become the latest flashpoint in Japan’s ongoing ... region about 260 miles north of Tokyo, the town is famous ...