Global warming could transform Hokkaido’s iconic powdered snow into the wet flakes found on Japan’s main island of Honshu, a study showed. Researchers from Hokkaido University and the Japan ...

Winter in Hokkaido has a magical atmosphere that makes many travelers want to return again and again. From snowy landscapes ...

Broadcast: The Asia Business Daily 'So Jongseop's Current Affairs Show'■ Host: Political Specialist So Jongseop■ Director: ...

Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan, is said to be the birthplace of Japan's modern beer industry with the ...

Hokkaido had over 40% of its electricity generated by renewable energy sources in fiscal 2023, nearly twice the national average and already above the maximum share that the central government is ...

Over 80 years after Soviet forces seized four islands from Japan, former Japanese residents remain unable to return to their ...

Pedestrians cross a dark intersection during a blackout in Sapporo's Chuo Ward, on Sept. 6, 2018. (Mainichi/Taichi Kaizuka) SAPPORO -- Damage from last month's deadly earthquake in Hokkaido, which ...

You must have heard the stories of kings and queens, in which the queens used to bathe in milk to enhance their beauty. The connection between milk and beauty is not new, but years old. Milk is often ...

SAPPORO -- There have been a series of accidents in Hokkaido involving foreign tourists engaging in "backcountry skiing" -- ...

Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki (R) declares a state of emergency during a meeting on the new COVID-19 coronavirus in Hokkaido prefecture on Feb. 28, 2020. Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki (R) ...