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

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 ...

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

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

Tourists are flocking to Abashiri City in Hokkaido Prefecture to marvel at the countless ice floes drifting through the Sea of Okhotsk. The phenomenon started about two weeks later than usual, and the ...

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

On February 21, 2025, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, designated a sea area offshore Tomakomai City, Hokkaido Prefecture, as a specified area under the Act on Carbon Dioxide Storage ...