Security guards were deployed Tuesday at a popular tourist spot in Otaru, Hokkaido, famed for its appearance in an acclaimed movie, to prepare for an expected surge of visitors during the Lunar New ...

A Hong Kong tourist was killed in Japan after a train rammed into her while she was taking photos on the tracks. The incident ...

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous ...

An icefall festival begins in Kamikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2025. The annual event, featuring about 30 ...

This northern Japanese city implemented new measures on Jan. 28 to address repeated instances of disruptive behavior by ...

This was an accident waiting to happen,” one resident said to Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting. “People walk right next to the tracks. Even when the crossing alarm sounds, they stop in the ...

It was once a thriving coal mining town with a population of over 100,000 people. But today, Yubari, located in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, is a ghost of its former self — with fewer than ...

An ice terrace has been built outside the "Ice Hotel" at Hoshino Resorts Tomamu this winter, as seen through the entrance of ...

A child cries out as a ...

Electricity demand in Japan’s Hokkaido area is expected to grow the fastest in the country, as the region prepares to roll ...