Rugged, beautiful, untamed and steeped in a unique culture, the island of Hokkaido in north Japan has emerged as an incredible destination for lovers of travel, adventure and the great outdoors.

In Oumu, Hokkaido, a faint reddish glow was visible in the north-northeastern sky around ... In low-latitude regions such as Japan, the lower part of the aurora, which is green, is often hidden ...

A fossilized tooth of a cartilaginous fish found in Japan's northernmost prefecture Hokkaido in 2013 is of a newly discovered spec･･･ ...

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures, and delaying deliveries on Tuesday. The Hokkaido prefectural government ...

Japanese defense officials say North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Thursday morning. Japan's government used an emergency alert system to warn residents of Hokkaido about the launch.

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 ...

He found it in the far north. "Yoichi's Pinot ... he tried a bottle of Hokkaido wine. It was a revelation, so he set off for the northern Japanese prefecture. He found his dream land in the ...

OTARU, Hokkaido -- A Renaissance-style former branch office of the Bank of Japan in this northern city ... earned the nickname "Wall Street of the north" and prospered during the period of ...

The researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the University of Tokyo and Hokkaido University ... the larvae drift on the North Equatorial Current ...

The bodies recovered on April 24 were found in the same area near the tip of the peninsula, about 14 kilometres (8.7 miles) north ... Japan is still largely closed to foreign visitors. Hokkaido ...