Japan is home to 27,000 hot springs sources, but overtourism has reduced some of the country’s onsen water supply to a record ...

We'll understand Japan and Hokkaido's geographical challenges, and specifically the island's harsh climate, historical context (namely the forced integration of the native Ainu), and economic ...

Japan, long revered as a powder Mecca ... Siberia moved east across the Sea of Japan and into Japan’s most northern island. “It really snows a lot. It’s the best quality snow in Japan.

The Northern Territories, four small islands off the coast of Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido, were seized by Soviet forces in the closing days of World War II. Zelenskyy said at ...

The 78-year-old once lived in the Northern Territories ... And he's been dreaming of a return. Japan's government maintains that the four islands are an inherent part of Japanese territory ...

Within a week, Japan's Northern Area Fleet pushed forward and seized the islands of Adak and Kiska, marking the first time that American territory had been occupied since the War of 1812.

The last forest fire of this scale in Japan burned more than 1,000 hectares on the northern island of Hokkaido in 1992, a fire agency spokesman said on Sunday, The Japan Times reported.