There’s also confectionery using Hokkaido milk and butter, like milk butter ice cream and milk bread, as well as chocolates, biscuits, cheesecakes and crackers, often also using local wheat.

The panel found that the likelihood of a megaquake in the Japan Trench and Chishima Trench has also increased, with a 20 per cent chance of an 8.6-magnitude quake off the coast of Tokachi.

Hokkaido has a lot going for it. As both a skier’s paradise and growing hub for enhanced travel experiences, Japan's northernmost island is a place where the barrier between civilization and the ...

Scientists consider mammalian milk to confer a tremendous evolutionary advantage because it allows mothers to feed immature offspring with food well tailored to their needs. With the advent of ...