Seven people have died since April this year - the highest number since figures started being recorded in 2006, officials say ...

In Yoichi, on Japan's Hokkaido island, the warming climate that once helped produce award-winning pinot noir grapes is now ...

SAPPORO, Japan — Ocean winds whip across the beaches, hillsides and sprawling plains of Hokkaido. There’s enough wind energy here for Japan’s northernmost island to power itself and export clean ...

YOICHI, Japan (Reuters) -Climate change has helped make the small Japanese town of Yoichi the toast of Pinot Noir ...

Millions of tourists flock to beaches around the world each year according to the World Travel Organization, to relax in the warmth of the sun while enjoying the sound of the waves as they hit the ...

Residents are protesting a planned housing facility for foreign workers, exposing the conflict between Japan’s need for labor ...

Russia and Japan dispute ownership of the four southernmost Kuril Islands, also known as the Northern Territories.

Be wary when issuing air tickets for othersARC allows you to ticket for a nonappointed agency; however, every carrier has the right to decide which agencies it will... Shorter river cruises were in ...

A Korean Air Airbus A330-300 and a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300 were involved in a wing-clip incident on 16 January, at New Chitose airport on Japan’s northern Hokkaido island. The incident took ...

Prior to the 2024 breeding season in Japan, nine stallion complexes on Hokkaido Island will hold open houses Feb. 5-14. Ninety-seven percent of Japanese-bred Thoroughbreds are born on the Northern ...

Seiko Kawakami Mieczkowski (October 11, 1929 - June 14, 2025) was born in Yoichi, Japan, and grew up in Otaru on Hokkaido island. During WWII, she had to leave school and work in a Hokkaido wartime ...