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 ...

KITAMI, Hokkaido -- Some 208 chickens were found ... the man in the dairy business kept more than 200 dogs and was hoarding the animals. To improve the environment, 76 dogs were sterilized in ...

SAPPORO--Increased sightings of brown bears in Hokkaido in winter suggest the animals are awakening earlier from hibernation or not hibernating at all, putting forestry workers in wilderness areas ...

HAKODATE, Hokkaido -- The annual "Monkey Mountain Hot Spring" event at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden here has been drawing increasing foreign visitor numbers in recent years. The December ...

Find out the basis for such beliefs, along with what Hokkaido's Ainu have traditionally thought about the crane, the bear, the flying squirrel, and a host of other creatures. The excerpts below ...

HOKKAIDO - Penguins at Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, waddled through the snow on Dec 11 during a 'rehearsal' ahead of their daily winter strolls, which run through mid-March, Kyodo ...

Hokkaido Airports, said it closed both of its runways from shortly after 10 a.m. after two deer entered the area. Services resumed on the runways by around 10:50 a.m. after the animals were driven ...