SAPPORO -- Nutmeg contains a compound capable of suppressing infection by the coronavirus, a research group at Hokkaido University here has discovered. The finding raises prospects for developing ...

Sapporo passed an ordinance at the end of March that calls for the respecting of individual differences to create a society in which diversity and inclusiveness are strengths. It comes as the ...

Many overseas visitors are still shocked to find some of the best pizzas on the planet right here in Japan, particularly in Tokyo. In fact, pizzas here are so established that “Tokyo-style pizza ...

Police in Sapporo have arrested a 43-year-old man on suspicion of indecent assault after he allegedly groped a girl in her late teens as she walked home two weeks ago. The incident occurred at around ...

Japan's Environment Ministry says seal carcasses in the country's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido have tested positive for a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu. The ministry says this is the ...

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SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi — The Kangei Maru, the world’s only whaling mother ship, left its home Port of Shimonoseki on Monday for its second whaling season with the aim of catching fin whales for the ...

SAPPORO — There were 10-100 times more marimo moss balls in Hokkaido’s Lake Akan 120 years ago, a research team has found. The team, consisting of researchers from Tohoku University, Kushiro ...

Cherry blossoms of the Somei-Yoshino variety have started blooming in a town on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Officials in Matsumae Town on the southern tip of the island announced on ...

TOKYO (Xinhua): A norovirus outbreak has sickened 140 people at Hotel Daiheigen, a hot spring resort in Japan's Hokkaido, local media reported Saturday. The source of the outbreak was identified ...

The altercation reportedly occurred April 17 aboard a flight preparing to depart Sapporo, Japan for Taipei, Taiwan. Due to the disruption, the flight was reportedly delayed by three hours.