Japan's Environment Ministry says seal carcasses in the country's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido have tested positive for a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu. The ministry says this is the ...

Somei Yoshino cherry trees bloomed on April 20 at Matsumae Park in the town of Matsumae, located in the southernmost part of Hokkaido ... and Friday at 4 p.m., Japan time. Click/tap here for ...

TOKYO, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A norovirus outbreak has sickened 140 people at Hotel Daiheigen, a hot spring resort in Japan's Hokkaido, local media reported Saturday. The source of the outbreak was ...

They are offering visitors the chance to hold a range of birds including a Ural owl, a Bengal/Indian Eagle Owl, a Northern white-faced owl, an Indian Scops owl, and a dark breasted barn owl.

A Taiwanese tourist faced intense online backlash after vigorously shaking cherry blossom trees in Japan to create a romantic “cherry blossom rain” for photos. The unidentified woman was ...

Unlike in other parts of Japan, where these trees are mostly alpine, in Hokkaido they thrive across plains and hills, often lining roads and paths in graceful rows that have become beloved scenic ...

Japanese cranes spread their wings in Hokkaido Japan's red-crowned cranes, once thought extinct, were rediscovered in Hokkaido a century ago. Conservation efforts have helped the population grow ...

MATSUMOTO, Nagano — About 4,000 cherry trees were seen at their peak on Saturday on an ancient ... expected to be at their best through around Wednesday. Core Inflation in Japan’s Capital Sharply ...

MOTOSU, Gifu — The cherry blossom tree Usuzumi-zakura, which is designated as a national ... Rice Slow to Circulate Social Media Helps Fuel Growing ‘Sex Tourism’ in Japan Groundbreaking Ceremony Held ...