Experience Japan's fastest bullet train! Travel in first class from Tokyo to Hokkaido on the Shinkansen E5 Hayabusa, reaching ...

The country once led the world in semiconductors and electronics, but over the years it fell behind Taiwan, South Korea and ...

Tokyo, host of the 2020 Olympic Games, is considering proposing to start the marathon and race walking events as early as 3:00 a.m. to counter an IOC decision to move the races to Sapporo due to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday announced a plan to move the marathon and race walking at Tokyo 2020 to Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido from originally ...

Japan is transforming Hokkaido, its key dairy region, into a major semiconductor hub. From Rapidus's 2nm push to heavy state investment, here is how Japan plans to rejoin the global chip race.

Rural scenes like this one in Biei are one reason why Hokkaido is likened to the U.S. Midwest. In the two-plus years since Japan was devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake and the destruction ...