The Japanese government announced that it needs to delay its plan to extend the northern Hokkaido Shinkansen Line.

The migration of animals throughout history is amply illustrated by the arrival of a subspecies of deer native to Hokkaido in Kunashiri Island, part of the Northern Territories that were seized ...

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Extracting methane from manure and converting it into hydrogen powers the local farms, industrial vehicles, and even a local ...

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It surpassed the 2,700 hectares burnt by a 1975 fire on Hokkaido island Firefighters battling a wildfire in Ofunato city of Iwate Prefecture. AFP Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century ...

Fairly put, the Japanese are the best in the world at returning lost property. Last year, Tokyo residents returned a record 4 ...

File photo taken in July 1993 shows the Aonae district in the southern part of Okushiri Island burning after an earthquake ...

The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to ...