A Japanese court has given a man a suspended prison sentence after a young girl was injured by a tire that came off the ...

Couples will soon have the chance to hold their weddings at the Red Brick Office, a national important cultural property in ...

This national park known as the "Playground of the Gods" in Japan is a outdoor-loving travelers paradise with gorgeous ...

SAPPORO--Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations met Saturday in northern Japan, seeking to reconcile the world’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels with the urgency ...

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido ... came just as a popular snow festival began in Sapporo in southern Hokkaido, although the city did not face major ...

Since 2014, Hokkaido had been working side by side with the Sapporo municipal government to bring back the Winter Olympics to the main northern ... (The page is in Japanese.

Active Northern Japan: Winter in Hokkaido, meanwhile, starts in Tokyo and ends in Sapporo. The nine-day trip will take guests on a "snowshoe adventure" through the Shiretoko Five Lakes and ...

SAPPORO -- Couples will soon have the chance to hold their weddings at the Red Brick Office, a national important cultural property in this northern Japan city that is undergoing renovation work.