Dreaming of a ski trip to Japan? Make it a reality by following these tips and tricks, hiring the right guides, staying ...

A research team in Japan has warned that unreleased stress energy at an undersea trench off northern Japan has become large ...

A Japanese government panel also predicted that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 could occur near the trench within 30 ...

A study by Hokkaido University researchers has shown that floating ice in the Sea of Okhotsk is not only dwindling in terms of coverage area, but has also lost 30 percent of its thickness across a ...

In Sapporo, surging costs have forced JR Hokkaido and partners to reevaluate redevelopment plans for the area near the future ...

The Japan Coast Guard cautiously announced that a local fisherman had spotted a large object on the seabed close to the last known position of a tour boat that went missing off eastern Hokkaido ...

Torii gates at the entrance to Akan-Mashu National Park on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan. The area has long been home to a concentrated population of Indigenous people ...