THE SNOW WAS GENTLY FALLING when we arrived in Furano close to midnight. But the skies had cleared by morning, leaving behind ...

They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa, Japan For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have ...

Despite offering some of Japan’s most beautiful scenery ... The place we’re talking about today is Shirakawa-ko, “Lake Shirakawa” in the town of Iide, Yamagata Prefecture. The surrounding mountains ...

A norovirus outbreak has sickened 140 people at Hotel Daiheigen, a hot spring resort in Japan's Hokkaido, local media reported Saturday. The source of the outbreak was identified as food prepared ...

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 ...

This photo taken March 3, 2025, shows a tatami room in the former Soma family residence, a national important cultural property, in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. (Kyodo) HAKODATE (Kyodo ...

Tekniq - Video Amazing Way They Cut Frozen Lake in Japan Posted: March 27, 2025 | Last updated: March 27, 2025 In this episode on Tekniq, we witness a streamlined operation of cutting and ...

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 ...

Plans for the Hokkaido Data Center were first announced in November 2023 alongside its subsidiary, IDC Frontier. Up to half of the cost will be covered by subsidies from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, ...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido—“Marimo” moss balls, the fuzzy green spheres that have brought fame to Lake Akanko here ... According to preliminary figures from the Japan Meteorological Agency, the ...