TOKYO — Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures and delaying deliveries on Tuesday. The Hokkaido prefectural ...

Spot rare wildlife, soak in a hot spring and sail in a frozen wonderland on Japan’s northernmost island.

Without the images it might be hard to wrap your mind around the amount of snow blanketing the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. In just 12 hours, the city of Obihiro got 47 inches (about 4 ...

Seafood from Hokkaido features on menus at high-end establishments across Japan, but it’s even fresher and cheaper at the source. Plants like wild garlic and butterbur, often foraged.

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s Ministry of Finance in its quarterly report released Thursday raised its economic assessment for Hokkaido, the country’s northernmost prefecture ...

A powerful low-pressure system is unleashing record-breaking snowfall along Hokkaido’s Pacific coast ... in the northern regions along the Sea of Japan, the cold air mass is also pushing ...