Scientists warn seismic energy accumulating under the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has the potential to trigger a magnitude-8 ...
A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...
Japanese researchers have harnessed cattle manure's latent energy potential, successfully converting the agricultural ...
SAPPORO -- The problem of "overtourism," marked by an excessive concentration of travelers negatively impacting local ...
Researchers at Hokkaido University and Duke University have developed a hydrogel that heals and strengthens itself as it is overloaded and damaged. The proof-of-concept demonstration could lead to ...
A research team in Japan has warned that unreleased stress energy at an undersea trench off northern Japan has become large ...
Researchers from Hokkaido University and other institutions noted that Hokkaido sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) have been observed in Kunashiri Island since 2017 and assumed they either swam ...