the Forest Law, Hokkaido’s water resources preservation rules, and Kushiro’s scenery ordinance. The latest guidelines call for strict reviews on proposals to build solar stations in these ...
About 4,600 residents remain under evacuation advisories as the fire rages in the northern Iwate region, killing one.
On this delicious episode, we meet Canadian Marc Gagnon who produces maple syrup in the town of Tobetsu in Hokkaido, and ...
Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades. At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more than 5,200 acres around ...
The second is green and called the “gifts-from-the-forest car.” Both cars feature illustrations of animals living in Hokkaido such as cows, brown bears and red foxes, along with plants ...
Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes, and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned approximately 2,100 hectares (5,190 ...