A California woman, Kristina Schmidt, suffered a serious injury due to ego-lifting at the gym, causing her hip bone to break ...

A 36-year-old Japanese man, Ryuta Watanabe, lives with his three wives and four children, funding his household expenses ...

While his death was initially reported by The Asahi Shimbun in December, it has only now reached a global audience following ...

The final qualifying round of women's ice hockey for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics was held in the city of Tomakomai, ...

The number of glass eels, or juvenile Japanese eels, in rivers in Hokkaido appears to have increased in recent years, ...

HOKKAIDO (TR) – Hokkaido Prefectural Police have arrested a 69-year-old American man in Japan as a tourist over the alleged assault of a male staff member at a commercial sex parlor in Sapporo City ...

Hong Kong champion Golden Sixty has departed Australia and touched down at his new home in Japan this week, where the superstar will be retired to Northen Horse Park in Hokkaido.

Take your time in Japan away from Tokyo and head for part of the country far too few visitors ever experience.

U.S. Army Japan and the Japan Ground Self Defense Force close out North Wind 25, a bilateral cold-weather field training ...

In a district of Toyama, 16cm was recorded while 12cm was observed in Tomakomai on Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido. The ...

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...

TOKYO: At least 91 flights to and from New Chitose Airport in Japan's Hokkaido were cancelled Tuesday (Feb 11) due to ...