This is the heartwarming moment kind-hearted police officers help a duck family cross a road in Japan. Footage shows the officers assisting the mother duck and her ducklings in Obihiro City, Hokkaido, ...

Obihiro city in Hokkaido recorded 124 centimeters of snow in the 24-hour period ending at 9 a.m. on Feb. 4, the highest figure since such statistics became available in 1999. In the 24-hour period ...

Under the city’s revitalization program ... government officials who underwent a three-month training program in Obihiro, Hokkaido, to learn about land readjustment technology.