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 ...

As sightseers from Thailand marveled at the pristine white snow, their gleeful cries echoed throughout the landscape.

A Japanese zoo is fighting back after authorities in Hokkaido prefecture issued a closure order for the facility exhibiting ...

Dog sleds have raced through a snow-covered field in the city of Fukagawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Twenty teams with a ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 global climate advocacy group urged Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to reject any deal with US President Donald ...

Record snow has buried parts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan, this week. Obihiro received 47 inches (120 cm), setting a new record for 12-hour snowfall Monday night. pic.twitter.com/vAg1vopSHu— ...