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 ...

A Malaysian tourist recently shared her ordeal of battling a severe flu while on vacation in Japan, where exorbitant medical ...

Parts of Hokkaido in northern Japan have received a record amount of snow in recent hours, as a low pressure system is ...

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Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...

For the first time in recent years, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has toughened his rhetoric on the problem of the ...

But this sleepy city tucked away on the west coast of the island of Hokkaido has become the latest flashpoint in Japan’s ongoing battle against overtourism. Local authorities recently deployed ...

Weather officials say a low pressure system and moist air caused record snowfall in Obihiro City in Hokkaido, northern Japan, ...

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...

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

Hong Kong director-producer has been scouting locations for an action movie in north Japan, leading to hopes that he will ...

You've heard of lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes. Check out what a larger sea and bitter cold air helped to generate in ...