A research team in Japan has warned that unreleased stress energy at an undersea trench off northern Japan has become large ...

A Japanese government panel also predicted that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 could occur near the trench within 30 ...

Overtourism is causing disruptions to the lives of residents here, a popular destination for travelers.In the first half of ...

Before Hokkaido was Hokkaido, it was known to mainland Japan as Ezo. Further back still, indigenous Ainu communities referred to the northern expanse as Ainu Mosir, a name they had used for untold ...

Heavy snowfall affected parts of Hokkaido from the night of Monday, February 3, into Tuesday, February 4. The Pacific side of ...

In eastern Hokkaido, April is the spawning season for ... Local government road construction upstream of the location had brought a deluge of sediment to the spawning area. As a result, the ...

SAPPORO—Hokkaido University’s Botanic Garden here has been closed since Oct. 1 after a wild deer was spotted on the grounds. Officials chose to shut down the location out of concern for safety.

Hokkaido, on Feb. 19, 2025. (Mainichi/Taichi Kaizuka) A local residential neighborhood is also home to Funami-zaka slope, an oft-used film location and thus a major draw for foreign tourists ...