The Japanese government plans to recruit hunters to cull bears, as anxiety grows in the country over the rise a sharp rise in ...

Central Hokkaido deserves a spot on your Japan itinerary—here's where to stay, what to do, and where to eat while you're ...

While more evidence is needed to link paleo-Americans to Japan, it is possible that they came by boat instead of crossing the ...

The first people to enter the Americas may have sailed from Japan around 20,000 years ago, according to a new analysis of ...

A Ferris wheel that debuted just five years after the end of World War II is still loved by families visiting an amusement ...

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency issued an emergency alert at the time of the quake, predicting strong shaking in the ...

The quake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.8, measured a lower 5, the fifth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity ...

Japanese authorities have confirmed the season's first outbreak of avian influenza at a poultry farm in the northern ...

The Hokkaido government has started to cull some 459,000 laying hens at the farm and imposed a ban on the transportation of ...

At least seven people have been killed by bears in the country since April and many more have been injured as the hungry ...

A strong earthquake hit eastern areas of the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido in the early hours of Saturday. The ...

The Hokkaido government in northern Japan on Wednesday reported the first case of infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed at a poultry farm in the country this season. At the farm ...