This farming town of around 9,300 people has learned it needs financial help to accommodate the 2 million tourists who flood ...

Blue Pond is a man-made reservoir in Biei, Hokkaido, which is supposed to protect the town from mudflows. It is famous for its colour due to some quantity of colloidal aluminium hydroxide in the water ...

But not just any milk, mind you. There's the fabled Hokkaido milk, treasured in Japan for its creaminess and quality. Besides being a good indulgence for gourmets, Hokkaido milk has created a ...

A documentary film following the daily lives of four Japanese chefs as they create dishes within the rich culinary culture and landscape of Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands ...

A: Yes. The light, fine "powder snow" in Japan is globally renowned for its excellent skiing quality, a well-known example being the Niseko area of Hokkaido. The region has attracted a number of ...

Night - Mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 30 °F (-1.1 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C) and a 60% chance of ...

Japanese physicist Isamu Akasaki, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for the development and application of blue light-emitting diodes, died April 1 of pneumonia. He was 92.

The announcement opens one of the top storylines of the offseason. Sasaki, who turned 23 last week, is the best pitcher in Japan. He’s one of the most talented pitchers on the planet.

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