Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Ministry of Finance in its quarterly report released Thursday raised its economic assessment for Hokkaido, the country's northernmost prefecture, citing steady ...

SAPPORO--Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) announced that its Norokko sightseeing trains will make their final runs by the end of March 2026 due to difficulties in maintaining them. JR Hokkaido ...

Seafood from Hokkaido features on menus at high-end establishments across Japan, but it’s even fresher and cheaper at the source. Plants like wild garlic and butterbur, often foraged.

Sure, they’re a great chance to get some of the best food Japan has to offer, but why have there been so many? One’s first guess might be that they rake in the dough with sales, but that’s actually ...

SAPPORO, Japan -- Nestled along a picturesque canal in Otaru, a historic port town in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, is a building with weathered brick walls and green-framed windows ...

Hokkaido has a lot going for it. As both a skier’s paradise and growing hub for enhanced travel experiences, Japan's northernmost island is a place where the barrier between civilization and the ...

Its natural breeding grounds in Japan are the northernmost main island of Hokkaido and the Northern Territories. But breeding has only been confirmed in a very limited number of rivers.

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Japan boasts the world's longest underwater ... providing citizens with a direct route between the popular main islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, as per The Travel.com. Major cities, including ...

"We will work closely to develop future-oriented relations (with Japan), while reducing the amplitude of tensions caused by historical issues," Cho said at the joint press conference, when asked ...