People in Japan's fisheries industry expressed shock and disappointment Nov. 19 after learning Beijing had notified Japan it ...

The prefectural assembly for Hokkaido in Japan will receive next Wednesday (November 26) a draft document on the likely ...

Scallop producers, hit by China’s two-year ban on Japanese seafood lifted just months ago, remain largely unfazed by the ...

A snowplow train operated by the streetcar service in Hakodate City in northern Japan's Hokkaido made a trial run on Thursday ...

HAKODATE, Hokkaido -- A Ferris wheel that debuted just five years after the end of World War II is still loved by families visiting an amusement park in this northern Japan city. The aerial Ferris ...

Costa Cruises has announced its Asia offerings for 2026 that offer guests an immersion into authentic Japan. After announcing ...

Maritime disasters are sadly not unusual, and UNESCO estimates that there are more than three million shipwrecks littering ...

When you visit Okinawa Island, you can find sata andagi around the popular shopping street, Kokusai-Dori. If you happen to be ...

During the Cold War, two Soviet pilots handed the West priceless insights by flying their jets to freedom. In 1976, Viktor ...

Hakodate Airport is the aviation gateway to the international tourist city of Hakodate, which enjoys more than 5 million visitors annually. Hakodate Airport contains a variety of areas for spending ...

Records indicate that in 1653, the 4th head of the Matsumae clan Takahiro Matsumae stopped by this famed hot spring to heal. This hot spring inn is one of many on the banks of Matsukura River, a ...