Hokkaido, already known as the “kingdom of dairy farming,” has earned a new accolade for its beef. According to the central ...

The controversial group decided in June 2009 to give its residual assets to Tenchi Seikyo, based in the Hokkaido city of ...

The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification has designated a Hokkaido-based religious group as the recipient of its ...

In Japan, a smelly waste product is being reimagined as a potential clean fuel of the future that is powering cars and tractors.

Japanese weather officials say a rapidly growing low-pressure system is intensifying winds across the country, bringing windstorms and snow to areas along the Pacific in Hokkaido. The Japan ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 46 °F (7.8 °C). Winds from W to WNW at 10 to 21 mph (16.1 to 33.8 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 1 to 10 mph (1.6 to 16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 19 ...

Police in Obihiro, Hokkaido, have arrested a 66-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting his wife who is in her 50s after an argument over a meal she prepared for him. According to police, the man, who ...

A small Japanese town is turning cow manure into something that could change the energy landscape. This innovative project uses waste to fuel vehicles and power local businesses.

We are visiting the facility in Shikaoi, a town in central Hokkaido, to film an upcoming episode of the BBC's TechXplore focusing on Japan ... farm and the nearby Obihiro Zoo.

OBIHIRO, JAPAN – Mastering a sport from another culture ... Twenty years ago, when Stewart first moved to Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido to teach English, he hoped to take up the martial ...