In Japan, a smelly waste product is being reimagined as a potential clean fuel of the future that is powering cars and ...

Dreaming of a ski trip to Japan? Make it a reality by following these tips and tricks, hiring the right guides, staying ...

In Sapporo, surging costs have forced JR Hokkaido and partners to reevaluate redevelopment plans for the area near the future ...

Japanese firms agreed to raise wages by more than 5% on average this year, on course for their most substantial pay hike in ...

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 ...

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

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

It starts nearly 40 years ago, when a teenage girl is pulled out of obscurity and thrust into the spotlight. These unseen ...

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

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

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 ...