SAPPORO, Japan -- With the extension of shinkansen bullet train service to Sapporo now delayed until the end of fiscal 2038, communities along the planned link in Hokkaido are fretting over the ...

First on any Sapporo itinerary is Odori Park, a sprawling park smack dab in the heart of the city. This outdoor attraction ...

Specially Appointed Associate Professor Yu Ait Bamai, at the Center for Environmental and Health Sciences (CEHS), conducts ...

As the number of users is unlikely to recover from a prolonged decline, JR Hokkaido has decided to close the station.

In an online auction four years ago, Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura's father purchased his first piece of Shohei Ohtani ...

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SoftBank is marching ahead on its ambitions to build out a major AI operation in its home market of Japan, on its own steam ...

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TOKYO: Japanese firms agreed to raise wages by more than 5 per cent on average this year, on course for their most ...

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TOKYO : A Chinese academic at a Japanese university who went missing on a trip home more than a year ago has returned to ...