Hokkaido

Penguin walks, a winter tradition at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, began on Thursday.

An airport shuttle bus bound for New Chitose Airport caught fire on the Hokkaido Expressway in Ch...

Due to a rapidly intensifying low-pressure system, Hokkaido experienced heavy snowfall and strong...

SAPPORO — A man in his 50s in Sapporo was defrauded of a total of ¥122 million by men claiming to...

A tsunami advisory for Hokkaido and the Tohoku region was issued on Friday following a magnitude ...

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki’s decision to approve the restart of a reactor at Hokkaido Electric...

Sapporo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)—Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki on Wednesday announced his approv...

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...