First on any Sapporo itinerary is Odori Park, a sprawling park smack dab in the heart of the city. This outdoor attraction ...

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese expert panel broadly approved Thursday a draft report by the transport ministry that ...

Director Mark Gill brings the turbulent life of celebrated photographer Masahisa Fukase into focus in his new film.

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

Just a short, icy shuffle to Niseko’s buzzing Grand Hirafu village, this six-storey property in Niseko offers 32 serviced ...

But a survey last year by the Hokkaido prefecture found that almost 30 percent of the Ainu respondents said they had encountered discrimination in highly homogeneous Japan. Still, the Ainu have ...

Tourists flock to the city of Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture for the picture-perfect vistas of nearby Mount Fuji.

In an online auction four years ago, Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura’s father purchased his first piece of Shohei Ohtani ...

which account for about 80 pct of the 212-kilometer new section between Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido and Sapporo Station in the capital of the northernmost prefecture. The Japan ...

Biwaichi is basically the cycling path around Lake Biwa, Japan's largest freshwater lake in Shiga Prefecture. The full loop ...

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

SAPPORO, Japan -- A beloved fruit parlor from Kinokawa, Wakayama prefecture in western Japan, has made its way to a popular resort town of Noboribetsu in Hokkaido. Hopes are high that the store's ...