A solar energy company planning a megaproject near Kushiroshitsugen National Park in Kushiro, Hokkaido, has provided ...

The Japanese icebreaker Soya, known as the “guardian of the northern sea,” will soon be decommissioned after more than 40 ...

Japanese weather officials say a rapidly growing low-pressure system is intensifying winds across the country, bringing ...

The rapid spread of the wildfire in Ofunato was caused by both government neglect and the worsening of climate change around the world.

Thousands of people evacuated from parts of northern Japan as the country's largest wildfire in three decades raged unabated ...

Travel well in Hokkaido with our epic Japan travel guide! We visited Kushiro, Lake Kussharo, Sounkyo and Asahikawa, capturing the best things to see, do and eat in winter. Hopefully, our video ...

Japan was battling its largest wildfire in more than three decades on Saturday, one of several blazes that have killed one person and forced the evacuation of more than a thousand. Flames are ...

“We’re still examining the size of the affected area, but it is the biggest since the 1992 wildfire” in Kushiro, Hokkaido, a disaster management agency spokesman told AFP Saturday. Aerial ...

Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts will open its first hotel in Japan on April 3, 2025. Founded in New York in 1893, Waldorf Astoria is part of the Hilton family of brands, with 34 hotels across the ...