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

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

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. ...

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 ...

Wild sea otters are no longer such a rare sight along the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost ... mainly in around coastal areas from Nemuro to Kushiro town, a distance of 100 ...

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 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 ...

Japan is highly earthquake-prone due to its ... of experiencing a megaquake in the next 30 years include the coast off Nemuro in Hokkaido, along the Chishima Trench, and the coast of Miyagi ...