Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Hokkaido – Japanese macaques were seen bathing in a hot spring at Hakodate Tropical Bot...

MURORAN, Hokkaido — An explosion occurred at Nippon Steel Corp.’s plant in Muroran, Hokkaido, aro...

SAPPORO — The process to restart the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s Tomari nuclea...

SAPPORO (Jiji Press) — Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki on Friday announced his support for a planne...

Snowboarders carve their first turns of the season as the Sapporo Teine ski resort opens for wint...

Kazunoko salted herring roe is being sorted at Ihara & Co., a seafood processing company in Rumoi...

SAPPORO — A low-latitude aurora that turned the northern sky a reddish hue was observed in Hokkai...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido (Jiji Press) — Seiichi Katsurada, president of the operator of a tour boat that...

SAPPORO — A life-size golden statue of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani is on display at Sa...

The town has completed the first-stage literature survey in the disposal site selection process. ...

The Biei Shirogane Blue Pond in Biei, Hokkaido, is being lit up for winter.

Tokyo, Oct. 25 (Jiji Press) — A strong earthquake hit the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkai...

SAPPORO — The Sapporo municipal government decided Friday to authorize the emergency use of firea...

Sapporo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)—The Hokkaido government in northern Japan on Wednesday reported the...

SAPPORO - Cold air flowing over Hokkaido chilled the region Monday, leaving roads and roadside tr...