Drift ice, the annual winter spectacle that draws tour boats in Japan’s northern seas, will soon be few and far between due to global warming, scientists warn. A study by Hokkaido University ...

The Sea of Okhotsk lines the coast of Hokkaido Prefecture, the northernmost main island of Japan. Once again, the season of drift ice has arrived. The ice has traveled 1,000 kilometers from the ...

Getty A pod of killer whales is reportedly trapped and cannot escape drift ice off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island. The orcas were first spotted on Tuesday morning, according to ...

A pod of killer whales appeared to be stuck in drift ice off the coast of Japan, but now appear to have successfully escaped. Drone footage shows a group of at least 10 orcas about half a mile (0 ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s pause in his “reciprocal tariffs” was the latest twist in a period of uncertainty for many ...

Seas off the coast of Hokkaido's Abashiri are now covered with drift ice, chunks of freshwater ice that emerge from the Amur River. The largest pieces are more than ten meters across and some are ...