TOKYO — Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures and delaying deliveries on Tuesday. The Hokkaido prefectural ...

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Otaru Canal, a popular tourist attraction, is seen in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Jan. 26, 2025. (Mainichi/Haruka Ito) OTARU, Hokkaido -- This northern Japanese city implemented new measures on Jan.

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A 61-year-old Chinese tourist was fatally struck by a train in the city of Otaru, Hokkaido, on Thursday morning after stepping onto the tracks to take photos. The woman, visiting the coastal city ...

The world's biggest iceberg is steadily drifting towards a remote British island off a tip of Antarctica, six weeks after breaking loose from its sea floor grounding in the Southern Ocean.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The world’s biggest iceberg — a 130-foot (40-meter) tall wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is ...