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The Latest Breaking News from Hokkaido

Year later, grief for Shiretoko victims pervades

SAPPORO -- "Not a day goes by that I don't cry," said a lawyer quoting a family member who lost a relative when a sightseeing boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido a year ago.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Is this Japan’s most sustainable city? Getting your green on in Sapporo

Japan’s ‘capital in the north’ has always been a hub for rural activity on Hokkaido, but in recent years it’s upped its game to become one of the world’s leading sustainable cities, writes Lucie Grace

The Independent UK

Japan's Matsuno: Tokyo lodged protest with Russia over military drills near disputed islands

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Monday that Tokyo had lodged a protest with Russia over its military exercises around disputed islands near Japan's Hokkaido.

Reuters

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North Korea and Japan’s difficult history

Long-term tensions between North Korea and Japan have risen dramatically after residents of Hokkaido were evacuated from their home when the hermit kingdom test-fired what could be a new type of ballistic missile.

The Week

Yellow dust observed in central Tokyo

Yellow dust was observed in central Tokyo on Thursday morning for the first time in two years, as a haze from continental Asia continued to drift over a wide area from Kyushu to Hokkaido.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

North Korean missile launch triggers evacuations on Hokkaido island in Japan

Missile may have been new type of weapon, which South Korea’s military condemned as a ‘grave provocation’

Evening Standard

Japan says evacuation warning for North Korea missile was not a mistake

The Japanese government said the emergency evacuation warning it issued and later retracted against residents of the northern island of Hokkaido after a North Korean missile launch on Thursday morning was appropriate and not an error.

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Japan lifts evacuation alert for missile after emergency warning system error

The Japanese government lifted an evacuation order for residents of the northern island of Hokkaido, saying an emergency warning system erroneously predicted that a missile launched from North Korea would fall near the island.

Reuters

North Korea launches new type of ballistic missile, Seoul says

North Korea fired a new model of long-range ballistic missile on Thursday, South Korea said, triggering a scare in northern Japan where residents were told to take cover, though there turned out to be no danger.

Reuters

6.1-magnitude earthquake hits Japan's Hokkaido island

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked Hokkaido island in Japan on Tuesday, the National Center for Seismology said. Read fur ther on Dynamite News:

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Campaigning starts for gubernatorial elections

The official campaign period for gubernatorial elections in nine prefectures began Thursday, in the first half of the unified local elections.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Cardboard beds remain strong in outdoor storage containers

Corrugated cardboard beds, which can be used in evacuation shelters following a disaster, remain in good condition when stored long-term in outdoor containers, according to a Hokkaido research institute.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Disaster to destination: Fukushima snow wows tourists

FUKUSHIMA, Japan: Tourist Benjamin Tuffy’s family spent their winter holidays in picture-perfect snow in Japan. But they weren’t at the country’s famed ski resorts in Hokkaido or Nagano — they picked Fukushima.

Bangkok Post

12 claim 10 million yen. found in Sapporo garbage

SAPPORO -- The Hokkaido prefectural police are having a hard time identifying the owner of 10 million yen in cash, which was found at a recyclable garbage collection facility in Sapporo. Twelve people have so far claimed ownership.

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Clearing the way

A snowplow clears snow from the rails on the JR Soya Line in Hokkaido on Monday. On the Soya Line, which connects Wakkanai on Hokkaido's northernmost tip and Asahikawa, the snowplow typically makes a daily round-trip journey from December to March. Many train lovers gather along sections of the line…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Hokkaido dogsled race held for 1st time in 4 years

WAKKANAI, Hokkaido -- At the Japan Cup 2023 Wakkanai Dogsled Race mushers and their dogs became as one, as they unleashed breakneck speed on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

BYD electric buses delivered in Japan's Hokkaido

KITAHIROSHIMA, Japan: Chinese automaker BYD has delivered a batch of electric buses to the city of Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido prefecture, amid the region's electrification and carbon neutral efforts.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Govt plane loaded with medical aid for Turkey

CHITOSE, Hokkaido -- A government airplane for carrying medical resources and equipment departed from the Air Self-Defense Force's Chitose Air Base in Chitose, Hokkaido, on Monday morning as part of emergency international aid to Turkey, where a powerful earthquake struck last week.

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Winter wonderland

Besides famous cities like Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, the northernmost prefecture of Japan known as Hokkaido is a top tourist attraction, especially for those who enjoy the chilly winter season and sports. It is known for its volcanoes, natural hot springs and ski areas. There are many renowned ski resorts…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Northern lights

Ice sculptures are lit in fantastic colors ahead of the Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival in Chitose, Hokkaido, on Friday night. The festival features about 30 such sculptures, and is in its 45th year. Making a comeback this year after a two-festival hiatus was the Koke no Domon (Moss cave), an…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Hokkaido ice hotel reopens for brief winter run

SAPPORO -- Hoshino Resorts has opened the doors of its Ice Hotel for the season in Shimukappu, Hokkaido.

Reuters

Woman critical after avalanche near ski resort in Japan's Hokkaido

A foreign woman has been critically injured in an avalanche at Mount Yotei near a popular ski resort on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, local media reported on Friday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Consent claimed in birth control for disabled

ESASHI, Hokkaido -- Birth control was only proposed "as an option" at group homes for residents with intellectual disabilities and residents agreed to it themselves, according to the director of the social welfare corporation that operates the homes.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Shiretoko tour boat likely flooded through hatch

The Kazu I sightseeing boat, which sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido in April with 26 people aboard, likely flooded because the bow hatch was not closed, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Friday.

Al Jazeera

North Korea tests suspected ICBM with range to reach US mainland

Kamala Harris convenes emergency meeting of leaders at regional summit in Bangkok after weapon lands in seas off Japan.

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