In Japan, some tour buses have been repurposed as hearses, providing “compassionate” funeral services that enable families to ...

SAPPORO--Sapporo faces staunch public opposition to hosting the Winter Olympics in 2030 in the aftermath of far-reaching scandals over the 2020 Tokyo Summer ... of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost ...

A freaked out flyer who apparently couldn’t wait for his free pretzels chomped down on a crew member instead during a violent outburst — and had to be carried off the plane, in a dramatic scene caught ...

THE SNOW WAS GENTLY FALLING when we arrived in Furano close to midnight. But the skies had cleared by morning, leaving behind ...

Unlike the rest of Japan, Hokkaido stays refreshingly cool during early summer, making it perfect for outdoor adventures ... Beyond this festival, Sapporo and other parts of Hokkaido host plenty of ...

(Mainichi/Naoki Watanabe) TOKYO -- Summer heat in the 2060s to 2080s will hit levels where school club activities involving intense exercise should be canceled in 3/4 of areas in Japan, a local ...

TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - Japanese chemical company Zeon (4205.T), opens new tab aims to decide by the summer whether to ... Yamaguchi prefecture in western Japan. The plant will make speciality ...

The captain is understood to have called police stationed at the airport in Sapporo, Japan. He explained to passengers that the plane would not move until help was received from the Japanese Air ...

School sports tournaments and club activities across Japan may need to be canceled for much of the summer by the 2060s as climate change pushes heat levels beyond safe limits, according to a joint ...