Over the course of a year, a stampede of tourists 200 times larger than the local population barrels through this northern ...

NAIE, Hokkaido--Hunters here are declining job offers ... Naie Mayor Eiji Mitsumoto told The Asahi Shimbun the town will continue talks with the hunters to enlist their assistance.

In the city of Wakkanai, Hokkaido, people are making the specialty bodara ... Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is ...