Obihiro City, the northernmost Japanese island, has been experiencing heavy snowfall for more than 12 hours since Monday, ...

Weather officials say a low pressure system and moist air caused record snowfall in Obihiro City in Hokkaido, northern Japan, ...

The protest took place on Feb. 7, a historic day marking an 1855 Russo-Japanese agreement that recognized Japanese ...

Former residents of Russian-held islands have attended a rally to demand the islands' early return to Japan, which calls them the Northern Territories.

Cloudy with a high of 31 °F (-0.6 °C). Winds from WNW to W at 14 to 21 mph (22.5 to 33.8 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds WNW at 13 to 19 mph (20.9 to 30.6 kph). The overnight low will be 27 °F (-2. ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy ... decided to suspend services on its Senmo and Nemuro lines for the whole of Tuesday. Flights to and from Tokachi Obihiro Airport the same day ...

NEMURO, Hokkaido--Bird watchers here might have ... bird of prey was sighted in a nearby lake for the first time on any Japanese main island last winter. The bald eagle, whose wings measure ...

According to the Japan saury stick held dip net fisheries ... one day in late September 2014 off Hanasaki port in Hokkaido’s Nemuro. This haul included an “extra-large” sanma weighing ...

Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent probability of massive earthquake along Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea trench near Japan’s Pacific coast ...