Senior government officials have recently made remarks that appear to support a suggestion that Japan should select the ...

Seafood from Hokkaido features on menus at high-end establishments across Japan, but it’s even fresher and cheaper at the source. Plants like wild garlic and butterbur, often foraged.

Donald Trump has become the first sitting US president to attend the Super Bowl. He was seen standing next to daughter Ivanka Trump and New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson in a suite before the NFL ...

A government investigation has confirmed that tunnel construction for the shinkansen bullet train line extension to Sapporo ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet approved a bill Friday designed to allow the government to invest in Tokyo-based ...

Hokkaido Electric logged an increase of 39.6 billion yen from the previous year by investing 261.8 billion yen to erect a coastal levee to block tsunami at its Tomari nuclear plant in Hokkaido.

Electricity demand in Hokkaido is expected to grow the fastest in the country, as the region prepares to roll out energy-intensive data centers and semiconductor chip-making plants. Annual power ...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido--Motorists driving westward through ... environmental assessments of planned power plants are required to check their potential effects on local ecosystems.

The government will take into account production plans and contribution to the local economy when it considers whether to provide financial aid to chip companies such as Rapidus Corp, a draft bill ...