Japanese firms have agreed to raise wages by more than 5 per cent on average in 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Niseko is riding a wave of increased global popularity, supported by the opening of new fancy resorts and eateries over the ...

It starts nearly 40 years ago, when a teenage girl is pulled out of obscurity and thrust into the spotlight. These unseen photographs show Lady Diana Spencer as a shy 19-year-old kindergarten teacher, ...

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural ...

It surpassed the 2,700 hectares burnt by a 1975 fire on Hokkaido island Firefighters battling a wildfire in Ofunato city of Iwate Prefecture. AFP Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century ...

File photo taken in July 1993 shows the Aonae district in the southern part of Okushiri Island burning after an earthquake ...

The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to ...

Among Japan's famous martial arts there lies one that has remained almost unheard of in the West. Kyudo, the martial art used ...

Hokkaido and its capital are so much more than just winter attractions. Sure, there’s something magical about the island’s ...

Without the well-developed road infrastructure of many parts of Honshu, it has never been easy to be a truck driver in ...

Grab your General Knowledge Plushie here: <a href=" In this video I look into why Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido, is home to only 5 million people despite its vast size - comparable to ...

The migration of animals throughout history is amply illustrated by the arrival of a subspecies of deer native to Hokkaido in Kunashiri Island, part of the Northern Territories that were seized ...