Areas in Hokkaido saw some of the sharpest rises in land prices in 2024, thanks largely to foreign visitors who have heightened demand for vacation homes and hotels, land ministry data showed.

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 ...

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.