KUSHIRO, Hokkaido—“Marimo” moss balls, the fuzzy green spheres that have brought fame to Lake Akanko here, are shrinking because of global warming, a research group found. The maximum ...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido--A long-distance hiking trail opening ... the length of the famed Appalachian Trail, a 3,536-kilometer mountain route in the United States. Well-known footpaths in Japan include ...