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Construction hurdles for the Hokkaido Shinkansen, especially when it comes to tunnel digging, have proven particularly challenging. For these reasons, the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and ...

Some ski towns in Japan are booming from a rise in international visitors, while resorts in other areas are closing as ...

HOKKAIDO – The first man slips on a bright green frog hat and, one by one, the rest of the five middle-aged singers follow suit. Then it begins: He croaks out a low baritone tune, the next man ...

Japan’s Hokkaido Airports has secured several new international routes and is setting its sights on further expansion in ...

On April 1, Rapidus inaugurated its first semiconductor fabrication facility, IIM-1, in Chitose City, Hokkaido, marking a pivotal step in Japan's leap from 40nm technology to the cutting-edge 2nm ...

Researchers from Tohoku and Hokkaido universities and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology released the results of their five-year study of the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido.

The Hokkaido government is pushing ahead with an ordinance to impose a lodging tax on tourists despite strong local opposition from around Japan’s northern main island. The ordinance will be ...

Hokkaido woman arrested for stealing 1.9 million yen from convenience store in broad daylight -- Foreign tourist arrested in Japan for striking convenience store clerk over 3-yen bag altercation -- ...

In September 2019, researchers visited the Northern Territories off the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, as part of a Japan-Russia expert exchange program. The team ...

Tucked away in the mountain range of the Saga Prefecture, on the western island of Kyushu, Ureshino is home to some of Japan’s most ... on the northern island of Hokkaido, said researcher ...

GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- A small vegetation fire erupted Sunday night on a hillside near the 2 Freeway in Glendale, prompting a quick response from firefighters. The so-called Mountain Fire was ...