A tourist holidaying with her husband in Japan has been killed while taking photos on train tracks. The 61-year-old woman ...

EBETSU, Hokkaido—Two women and four teenagers have been arrested after a university student was fatally assaulted here last weekend. Tomoya Hase, 20, was found unconscious on the morning of Oct ...

The "All Japan Slipper Table Tennis Championships," where players used slippers instead of rackets, were held on Feb. 1 in ...

Police in Eniwa, Hokkaido, have arrested a 21-year-old Self-Defense Forces officer on suspicion of assaulting a female university student with whom he was in a relationship. Police said Ryota Nosaka ...

A 61-year-old Chinese tourist was fatally struck by a train in the city of Otaru, Hokkaido, on Thursday morning after stepping onto the tracks to take photos. The woman, visiting the coastal city ...

Snow sculptures created by locals include one of Hokkaido native Haruka Kitaguchi, who won gold in the women's javelin ...