Credit: TV Asahi Japanese authorities say they have found Yamato Tanooka, the 7-year-old boy who was abandoned in a Hokkaido forest by his parents on Saturday as punishment for bad behavior.

This article was published in the Autumn 2024 issue of Litterae Populi. The full issue can be found here.Hokkaido University has a student group ...

Fire Disaster and Management said the wildfire has surpassed the 2,545 acres burned in Kushiro, Hokkaido in 1992, making it the largest forest fire in the Heisei area.

the Forest Law, Hokkaido’s water resources preservation rules, and Kushiro’s scenery ordinance. The latest guidelines call for strict reviews on proposals to build solar stations in these ...

The second is green and called the “gifts-from-the-forest car.” Both cars feature illustrations of animals living in Hokkaido such as cows, brown bears and red foxes, along with plants ...

HOKKAIDO – The first man slips on a bright green frog hat and, one by one, the rest of the five middle-aged singers follow suit. Then it begins: He croaks out a low baritone tune, the next man ...