These destinations, which inspired many iconic Studio Ghibli movies, deserve a spot on your Japan bucket list for all the ...

A solar energy company planning a megaproject near Kushiroshitsugen National Park in Kushiro, Hokkaido, has provided ...

Seeing vacant buildings and houses in disrepair in Japan is becoming more commonplace with the aging and decline of the coun ...

NEMURO, Hokkaido–This year’s commercial whaling of minke whales has begun off the coast of eastern Hokkaido, with the first ...

Spring is synonymous with cherry blossoms in Japan, bringing along tourists and migratory birds like warblers and flycatchers ...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido--Motorists driving westward through ... Boasting the largest marsh in Japan, the park became the first Japanese site registered in the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, in 1980.

Torii gates at the entrance to Akan-Mashu National Park on Hokkaido, the northernmost ... Photographs by Andrew Faulk Reporting from Kushiro, Japan At the entrance to Akan-Mashu National Park ...