The Hokkaido government is pushing ahead with an ordinance to impose a lodging tax on tourists despite strong local opposition from around Japan’s northern main island. The ordinance will be submitted ...

The preliminary number of brown bears captured in Hokkaido from April 2025 to January 2026 — the first 10 months of fiscal 2025 — reached a record 2,013, the Hokkaido prefectural government announced ...

SAPPORO--The Sapporo District Court ordered the Hokkaido government to pay 880,000 yen ($7,230) to two residents who were removed by police officers while heckling then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a ...

Officials from the Hokkaido government conduct an oak wilt field survey in the mountains of Hakodate in Hokkaido on Oct. 14, 2025. (Kyodo) HAKODATE, Japan (Kyodo) -- Oak wilt, a lethal tree disease in ...

A unique internship program in Hokkaido, under which Japanese university students work and live for a month at the famed Niseko ski resort area where English is widely used, has been providing "domest ...

TOKYO -- Troubled utility Hokkaido Electric Power will receive capital support from the Development Bank of Japan, aiming to avoid falling into further financial trouble as its nuclear facilities sit ...

At the start of December, with snow already falling across Hokkaido, resorts that have a reputation for the best powder on the planet are welcoming dedicated skiers and snowboarders from around the ...

“Hokkaido is still an undiscovered winter recreational gem that is primed for extraordinary future growth,” he said. “Recently, we have begun to see a new influx of inbound and foreign tourists, and ...

北海道からグローバルを目指すスタートアップを生み育てるエコシステムの実現を目指す STARTUP HOKKAIDO実行委員会（所在地：北海道札幌市、実行委員長 土田美那、以下「STARTUP HOKKAIDO」）は、重点分野に定める「環境・エネルギー領域」のスタートアップを ...