Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...

Fuzoku is a complex term to explain, and the two kanji characters that it’s written with aren’t very helpful. The first, 風, ...

A Korean woman died while skiing at a ski resort in Hokkaido, Japan. On the 9th, local media, including Mainichi Shimbun, ...

U.S. Army Japan and the Japan Ground Self Defense Force close out North Wind 25, a bilateral cold-weather field training ...

In Japan, the Indigenous community known as the Ainu has been struggling to assert a 21st century identity after decades of erasure. About 20 years ago, the government officially recognized them as ...

Changes in ocean currents stemming from global warming have led to a sharp increase in endangered Japanese eel larvae ...

Sodashi, one of the great fan-favorite mares of Japanese racing, has safely given birth to her first foal. The filly is by ...

Japan secured its fourth straight Olympic berth in women's ice hockey Saturday, overwhelming Poland 6-0 to book a place ...

Cosima Oka-Doerge, 43, a German national who resides in Sobetsu, Hokkaido, began participating in the Miku project after she ...

A Japanese zoo is fighting back after authorities in Hokkaido prefecture issued a closure order for the facility exhibiting ...

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is to begin serving plant-based ramen on international first and business class flights. Called ‘ANA ...

TOKYO: At least 91 flights to and from New Chitose Airport in Japan's Hokkaido were cancelled Tuesday (Feb 11) due to ...