A ceremony was held on March 15 at Nemuro Station to mark the departure of the first JR Hanasaki Line train on the day when ...

No map. No smartphones. Just two motorbikes and some basic Japanese. These are the rules American game streamer Ludwig Ahgren ...

In September 2019, researchers visited the Northern Territories off the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, as part of a Japan-Russia expert exchange program. The team ...

The researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the University of Tokyo and Hokkaido University said they will study the growth of larvae on the ...

Head to the unsung Japanese region of Tohoku to discover its traditional inns, and immerse yourself in the thermal waters ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct revealed a lot of new information about the system yesterday, and one of the tidbits you may have noticed is that Japan is getting a Japanese-language only version of ...

In 1913, Tohoku became the first university in Japan to admit female students. Tohoku University was also the first in Japan to admit international students. In 2009, Tohoku was one of 13 universities ...

Nestled in the rolling hills of Biei, Hokkaido, Japan, the Blue Pond (Aoiike) happens to be fascinating demonstration of human ingenuity in the face of danger. With its turquoise waters, skeletal ...

Geography is a branch of academic study broadly concerned with the Earth. Geographers can be roughly divided into those concerned with physical earth processes (physical geography), such as ...