A town in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido has begun installing high-performance cameras to detect the appearance ...

TOKYO: Japan's northern island of Hokkaido sweltered on Wednesday (July 23) as temperatures hit record highs in several towns ...

While Ghost of Yotei will match Ghost of Tsushima in size and scope, Sucker Punch says it’s taking a new approach to ...

Cherry salmon and other fish are repeatedly jumping to leap over the approximately 2-meter-high Sakura Falls in the Shari River in the town of Kiyosat･･･ ...

Japan is promoting Hokkaido to GCC travellers as part of a new campaign targeting repeat visits as Gulf arrivals to Japan increase ...

The DNA of a bear killed on Friday (July 18) matches that of the bear that killed a 52-year-old newspaper deliveryman in a ...

Kansai Electric Power will begin surveys for the construction of a new nuclear power reactor at its Mihama power station in ...

Kansai Electric Power has resumed on-site surveys at Japan's Mihama NPP to assess replacing unit 1 with a next-generation ...

Officials in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido say a brown bear that fatally attacked a man last week was the same ...

Hokkaido on Saturday issued a strong warning of brown bears across one of its towns following a fatal attack on a newspaper ...

Step into the historic Daiichi Takimotokan, Hokkaido’s premier onsen resort since 1858. Located beside Noboribetsu’s Hell Valley, this ryokan boasts 35 baths sourced from five distinct hot springs, ...

The male bear is likely the one that killed a a 77-year-old woman in the same town four years ago. Read more at ...