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

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

By Makiko Yamazaki and Tom Bateman TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese firms agreed to raise wages by more than 5% on average this year ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

That makes it Japan's largest wildfire since 1975 when 2,700 hectares burnt in Kushiro on northern Hokkaido island. It is estimated to have damaged at least 80 buildings by Sunday, although ...

There is still time to enjoy Japan’s winter delights – from ski runs to spectacular sights of frozen waterfalls – book your ...