Hokkaido has a lot going for it. As both a skier’s paradise and growing hub for enhanced travel experiences, Japan's northernmost island is a place where the barrier between civilization and the ...

The Hokkaido-based IST in 2019 became the first Japanese company to send a commercially developed rocket into space, but its orbital launcher, Zero, remains under development. IST's rival Space ...

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the lowest temperature recorded on Sunday morning was minus 24.6 degrees Celsius in the town of Rikubetsu, Hokkaido. The city of Suwa in Nagano ...