Authorities have brought in a number of guards to a small city in Japan after several complaints were made of tourists ...

Otaru, a northern Japanese city in Hokkaido, has deployed security guards to address repeated instances of unruly behaviour ...

Guards at Funamizaka slope in Otaru will help regulate visitor flow to popular tourist spot featured in 1995 Japanese film ...

This northern Japanese city implemented new measures on Jan. 28 to address repeated instances of disruptive behavior by ...

SAPPORO--Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) announced that its Norokko sightseeing trains will make their final runs by the ...

Hoshino Resorts Tomamu began accepting guests for its Ice Hotel that opened Monday in in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, and will stay ...

Police in Eniwa, Hokkaido, have arrested a 21-year-old Self-Defense Forces officer on suspicion of assaulting a female university student with whom he was in a relationship. Police said Ryota Nosaka ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan, who are attracted by the country’s many resources for tourism, has increased ...

A Dentsu Group Inc. company said it will return about 110 million yen ($705,000) it received from overbilling the health ...

The father of a 30-year-old woman accused of murdering of a man found decapitated in a Sapporo hotel in 2023 pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of aiding his daughter in the killing. Osamu ...

Flurries with a high of 34 °F (1.1 °C) and a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. Night - Partly cloudy with a 25% chance of precipitation. Winds from SW to SSW at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 ...

The vessel heading from Hokkaido was struck a rocky beach with its bow facing land. HAKODATE, Hokkaido—Fuel oil has leaked from a 3,919-ton tanker that ran aground here on Jan. 6, but its cargo of ...