Japanese weather officials say a rapidly growing low-pressure system is intensifying winds across the country, bringing ...

Since the mid-1970s I had been investigating the relationship between plants and people in prehistoric northeastern Japan, particularly Hokkaido, using an archeological tool called flotation.

Japanese culture has all but assimilated the the Ainu, leaving few people even aware of their heritage. Hokkaido still offers opportunities to learn about and experience Ainu culture which informs ...

Jewelry makers and an embroiderer are among the craftspeople whose creations reflect the Indigenous people’s heritage. Torii gates at the entrance to Akan-Mashu National Park on Hokkaido ...

As the number of users is unlikely to recover from a prolonged decline, JR Hokkaido has decided to close the station.

A research team in Japan has warned that unreleased stress energy at an undersea trench off northern Japan has become large ...

A little after 3 a.m. on Feb. 24, JR Hokkaido began operating extra trains from Shin-Chitose Airport Station to Sapporo Station. But more than 600 people remained at the airport and were forced to ...

Thousands of people evacuated from parts of northern Japan as the ... but it is the biggest since the 1992 wildfire" in Kushiro, Hokkaido, a disaster management agency spokesman told AFP Saturday.

BIEI, Hokkaido--This farming town of around 9,300 people has learned it needs financial help to accommodate the 2 million tourists who flood the area annually. The town is set to levy the first ...