Season's first ice floes reach northern Japan's Abashiri coast
Weather officials in Abashiri City, which is located in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido, have announced that ...
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Pro-IR official Masato Machida set to become Tomakomai’s deputy mayor: report
Suguru Kanazawa, the mayor of Tomakomai city in Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture, is set to submit a bill to appoint Masato ...
Snow expected to intensify along Sea of Japan coast
Snow is falling mainly in areas along the Sea of Japan coast from northern to western Japan. Snowfall is expected to intensify in those regions on Wednesday. Even flat areas along the Pacific in the ...
Japan’s ‘most dangerous zoo’ says it will fight closure
Japan’s ‘most dangerous zoo’ says it will fight closure - Municipal authorities say zoo has operated for nearly 20 years ...
Thai woman in sleepy Hokkaido kick-starts a town’s tourism
As sightseers from Thailand marveled at the pristine white snow, their gleeful cries echoed throughout the landscape.
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Hokkaido banks back country’s first programme-based project in dairy farming waste management
Three regional banks in Japan's Hokkaido prefecture will support an emissions reduction project targeting waste management in the dairy farming sector, they announced, the first of its kind in the ...
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Taiwanese woman alleges sexual harassment by Japanese airport security
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese woman has accused a security officer at Japan’s New Chitose Airport of sexual harassment ...
More snow forecast after record level hits east Hokkaido
Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts of the Japanese archipelago on Feb. 4, and more snow is forecast for wide areas through Feb. 6.