Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE ...

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The line references a plot point of the “Love Letter” movie. Residents of Otaru aren’t the only group in Japan getting frustrated about the added attention. In May last year, Fujikawaguchiko ...

Authorities in Otaru, Japan, have deployed security guards to deter tourists from taking selfies at an iconic photo spot. This move was due to a need to control the negative effects of over tourism at ...

Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward has reproduced a rare map from 1947 that shows how the postwar U.S. occupation of Japan had dominated and sprawled across the places locals walk past every day. It proved to ...

Cloudy with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 13 mph (8 to 20.9 kph). Night - Clear. Winds from WSW to W at 9 to 12 mph (14.5 to 19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 32 °F (0 ...