Five people were killed June 18 after an intercity bus collided with a truck carrying a load of pigs in the town of Yakumo in southwestern Hokkaido. The bus was carrying 15 passengers ...

Without the well-developed road infrastructure of many parts of Honshu, it has never been easy to be a truck driver in ...

NEMURO, Hokkaido—A “higuma” brown bear was caught on video attacking a light truck on a forest road here on April 28. The driver, in his 50s, was on his way to pick wild vegetables when the ...

Nippon Ichi Software will release travel adventure game Fuuraiki, which originally launched for PlayStation on December 10, 1996 in Japan, for PC via Steam on March 27 in Japan, the company ...

Gather round and let Hokkaido regale you with unforgettable tales for the road – hidden histories of ancient mountains, secret recipes held within ramen alleys and the wisdom of master brewers ...

SAPPORO -- The problem of "overtourism," marked by an excessive concentration of travelers negatively impacting local ...

Those in Hokkaido who need information in English ... But throughout the prefecture, buildings are tilted and roads are cracked and buckled. A man in Sapporo described the frightening moment.