Global warming could transform Hokkaido’s iconic powdered snow into the wet flakes found on Japan’s main island of Honshu, a study showed. Researchers from Hokkaido University and the Japan ...

A deer caught in a wire snare in Niseko, Hokkaido, is suspected to have fatally pierced a local farmer in the chest with its ...

A documentary film following the daily lives of four Japanese chefs as they create dishes within the rich culinary culture ...

Japan's JR Hakodate Line resumed operation on Tuesday after a freight train derailment in the country's northernmost ...

The head of the party's Hokkaido chapter has expressed concern over the finances for the project, which aims to produce ...

TOKYO -- U.K.-based hotel chain IHG Hotels and Resorts announced Thursday that The Windsor Hotel Toya Resort & Spa, a luxury hotel in Hokkaido, will join its network, the latest example of the ...

However, does a glass of milk spring to mind? But not just any milk, mind you. There's the fabled Hokkaido milk, treasured in ...

Ishiba has proposed a larger-scale AI and semiconductor support plan than the Kishida administration, aiming to provide over ...

Reports by a nuclear waste management body say two municipalities in northern Japan are candidate sites for a second-stage survey to choose a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from ...

Hokkaido boasts a cold climate, which reduces cooling costs, and potential for renewable energy, particularly offshore wind.

In Hokkaido, Hakodate City Tram's snowplow car called Sasara Densha had a test run on November 13 to prepare for the snowy ...

"Gary, I have some news," Yoshi said. "We have a few grains of barley from a site on the Hokkaido University campus. I think you should come and look at them." The Japanese language is notorious ...