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

Yoshikazu Sato, a professor of ecology at Hokkaido’s Rakuno Gakuen University who is known for his work on “urban bears,” noted that brown bears started showing up in settled areas in ...

which has 150 stores in and outside of Japan that sell tea products from all over the world, moved its headquarters to Hokkaido from the Tokyo metropolitan region. “Dense populations in urban ...

Shimada Akemi at age 18. Shimada recalls what it was like adjusting to urban life. "There are many Ainu living in Hokkaido and many people there are quick to discriminate against us as Ainu," she ...