Hokkaido has long been one of Japan’s major agricultural regions. Today, the northern island known for dairy farms, ski ...

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

This recipe is reprinted from the 2025 book “Lidia’s The Art of Pasta”: ½ small butternut squash (about 1 pound), split ...

At least 13 people have been killed and more than 100 have been injured in bear attacks in one country since this April.

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

PARIS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Japan has reported an outbreak of severe bird flu on an egg farm in the northern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Wednesday. The highly ...

Wow! I took Japan's fastest and most luxury bullet train! This exquisite H5 Shinkansen set took me from Tokyo, north and under the Tsugaru Strait via the Seikan Tunnel to Hokkaido Island. This 4 hour, ...

An 80-year-old woman in Japan lost all her life savings to a scammer posing as an astronaut who claimed to be stranded on a besieged spacecraft and needed money to buy oxygen, according to a report.

A Japanese octogenarian was swindled out of thousands of dollars after falling in love online with a self-described astronaut who sought her help to avert a spaceship crisis, police said Tuesday. The ...

This stunning astronaut photo shows the natural beauty of Japan's Aso Caldera — a giant crater-like bowl containing 17 different volcanoes, leftover from major eruptions spanning over 200,000 years.

From Aug. 23-24, Sapporo Racecourse on Hokkaido Island will play host to the 2025 World All-Star Jockeys. Fourteen jockeys will ride four races each during the two days, and a point system will ...