HOKKAIDO (TR) – Hokkaido Prefectural Police have arrested a 69-year-old American man in Japan as a tourist over the alleged assault of a male staff member at a commercial sex parlor in Sapporo City ...

The increased focus on foreign travelers follows the death of a Hong Kong woman on the outskirts of Otaru. The 61-year-old ...

Police in Iwamizawa City, Hokkaido, have arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of attempting to kill his mother, who is in her 40s, by strangling her. According to police, the incident occurred in ...

EBETSU, Hokkaido—Two women and four teenagers have ... The suspects include Ama Yagihara and Haoto Kawamura, both 20-year-old female university students; an 18-year-old male high school student ...

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 ...

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous cooking create a cuisine like no other.

A Korean woman died while skiing at a ski resort in Hokkaido, Japan. On the 9th, local media, including Mainichi Shimbun, ...

Police in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, have arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting a 20-year-old employee of the hotel in which he was staying. The incident occurred at around 9:30 p.m.

URAKAWA, Hokkaido -- The oldest movie theater in Hokkaido has gotten a new mascot cat after its predecessor passed away of old age. The third feline mascot, 7-month-old Suku-chan, has become a ...

The 61-year-old tourist was hit and killed by a train ... That figure doesn’t include those making day trips from Sapporo, Hokkaido’s capital, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast.