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

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

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

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

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

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

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will consider using Shohei Ohtani as an opener or even as an outfielder in Game 7 if Los Angeles ...

Until now, researchers had only uncovered a few tantalizing hints that humans had reached the American continent by this time ...

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Hokkaido, Japan, on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

Seven people have died since April this year - the highest number since figures started being recorded in 2006, officials say ...

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

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the ...