TOKYO - Sea urchin and salmon are dying en masse off the Pacific coast of Hokkaido because of the "red tide", driving up retail prices nationwide and jeopardising the peak autumn fishing season. The ...

The smelt fishing season is underway at Onuma Quasi-National Park in Nanae Town, Hokkaido – an activity that has almost a century of history behind it. In the first catch, fish size appears to have ...

A frosty wind was blowing in from the Sea of Japan at the Suttsu fishing port in Hokkaido in late November. There, catching anglerfish with a grim look on his face was 77-year-old fisherman Kyozo ...

TOKYO -- Unexpectedly large numbers of Pacific bluefin tuna have been winding up in nets set off Hokkaido, raising concerns that Japan will exceed its quota for the endangered fish. The prized fish ...

A body was found Thursday off the coast of Hokkaido, local police said, saying it was a 54-year-old man who fell into the sea while fishing. The man fell into the sea at a port in Obira in ...

Scallop fishing for the spring season has begun in Nemuro Bay in Hokkaido. Many big scallops were caught, and the port became lively. On April 1, four boats caught a total of 28 metric tons of ...

TOKYO -- Unexpectedly large numbers of Pacific bluefin tuna have been winding up in nets set off Hokkaido, raising concerns that Japan will exceed its quota for the endangered fish.