Cherry blossoms of the Somei-Yoshino variety have started blooming in a town on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.

A cowshed in Esashi Town located at the northern part of the Hokkaido main island burned down on April 17.The owner of ...

A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese port Monday for the Sea of Okhotsk to hunt 25 fin whales. The crew of the ship, which left Shimonoseki port, plans to start hunting fin whales in the ...

The second largest island in Japan, Hokkaido has been inhabited for more than 15,000 years. Over that time, the mentality of connecting to the natural world, peace of mind, and inclusivity has ...

Of the 41 residents interned on Japan’s Hokkaido Island, 22 died from malnutrition, starvation, tuberculosis or other ailments over the next two-plus years, including Pagano’s great-grandfather, Mike ...

The migration of animals throughout history is amply illustrated by the arrival of a subspecies of deer native to Hokkaido in Kunashiri Island, part of the Northern Territories that were seized ...

Russia lodged a strong protest with Japan over Tokyo's plan to conduct anti-ship missile drills near Russia's borders, the Ru ...

My teaching schedule at the University of Toronto kept me from hopping on a plane for several months, but when I finally got to the lab on Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan, I realized ...

The Nemuro Strait of the northern main island of Hokkaido is the only place in Japan where white killer whales have been reported. Other places include the west coast of Canada and Aleutian ...

Kilauea's must-see episodesThe volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii is treating visitors to a rare spate of episodic eruptions.

South Korean fighter jets conducted bombing drills at a military firing range on Tuesday (August 29) after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan's northern Hokkaido island and into the ...

Kilauea's must-see episodesThe volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii is treating visitors to a rare spate of episodic eruptions. The leap of faith behind KHM Travel GroupThe Power List host agency ...