The Chinese Embassy in Japan on Friday issued a notice to remind Chinese citizens in Japan, especially tourists, to be vigilant against earthquake disasters as earthquakes have reportedly ...

Keisei Tominaga will continue his basketball career closer to home. The former Nebraska guard and Japan native is returning to his home country to play.

A rare low-latitude aurora illuminated the night sky across Hokkaido, Japan, on June 1. This stunning display of Northern Lights was visible due to a severe geomagnetic storm, triggered by a ...

The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth, measuring 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in areas such as Taiki and Urahoro in the eastern region of Hokkaido Prefecture, the agency said.

But a survey last year by the Hokkaido prefecture found that almost 30 percent of the Ainu respondents said they had encountered discrimination in highly homogeneous Japan.

Japan’s northernmost main island has some of the best food and scenery in the country.

Hong Kong director-producer has been scouting locations for an action movie in north Japan, leading to hopes that he will soon return to directing.

Record snow has buried parts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan, this week. Obihiro received 47 inches (120 cm), setting a new record for 12-hour snowfall Monday night. In the same time period ...

The cold air mass is expected to fluctuate in intensity and persist until the weekend, with heavy snow forecast for Hokkaido, Tohoku and Hokuriku later this week.

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous cooking create a cuisine like no other.

After spending several months travelling in Japan, I invited my family to visit me and my partner, Cameron, in Otaru, a port city on Hokkaido’s west coast, with an offer to plan their holiday ...