Several cities in Hokkaido experienced record-high temperatures on Thursday, and Hokkaido Railway has suspended portions of ...

TOKYO: Japan's northern island of Hokkaido sweltered on Wednesday (Jul 23) as temperatures hit record highs in several towns ...

A town in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido has begun installing high-performance cameras to detect the appearance ...

The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) has launched a new integrated media campaign in the GCC, aimed at encouraging repeat travel to Japan by showcasing destinations beyond the popular cities ...

Japan's weather officials are warning of more punishing heat across the country on Thursday and especially in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido where the mercury could reach a dangerous 40 ...

Cherry salmon and other fish are repeatedly jumping to leap over the approximately 2-meter-high Sakura Falls in the Shari River in the town of Kiyosat･･･ ...

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), warm air from a Pacific high-pressure system continued to blanket the country, with a heatstroke alert in place for Hokkaido's Abashiri, Kitami, ...

The male bear is likely the one that killed a woman four years ago in the same town where the latest attack took place. Read ...

Hokkaido on Saturday issued a strong warning of brown bears across one of its towns following a fatal attack on a newspaper ...

Ex-residents of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido want grave-site visits resumed Kunashiri, one of the four islands seized by Russia in the last days of World War II, is visible from the ...

The DNA of a bear killed on Friday (July 18) matches that of the bear that killed a 52-year-old newspaper deliveryman in a ...