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Sapporo Hakodate Local News Shiretoko Peninsula Earthquakes Otaru Obihiro Chitose City Kushiro City Fukushima Town

Abashiri Declares First Day of Sea Ice Landing, Halting Regular Vessel Traffic

Local observers now handle visual checks following the meteorological agency's exit.

Second Body Recovered After Hokkaido Fishing Boat Sinks With Two Still Missing

Record Snow Paralyzes Hokkaido Transport, Stranding Thousands

Air Canada to Launch Only Nonstop North America–Sapporo Flights From Vancouver in Winter 2026

Series of Moderate Quakes Hit Pacific Rim as M5.8 Strikes Off Kamchatka

Winter Purification Rites Press On in Japan as Hokkaido's Kanchu Misogi Begins

Saitama Confirms Avian Flu, Orders Culling of 240,000 Hens in Season’s 12th Case

Boy, 5, Dies After Arm Is Trapped in Hokkaido Ski Travelator

Hiker’s GPS Watch Reconstructs Hokkaido Bear Attack Showing Body Was Dragged Next Day

Japan Names 'Bear' as 2025 Kanji of the Year

Smartwatch Reconstructs Fatal Hokkaido Bear Attack as Japan Confronts Record Encounters

Shiretoko Tour Boat Trial Hears JCI Inspector and Coast Guard on Sinking Mechanics

Injury Toll Rises to 50 After Powerful Quake Off Japan’s Aomori

Tokyo Police Hunt Suspect in Akasaka Stabbing of Performer After CCTV Shows Pre-Attack ‘X’ Mark

Fresh Bear Sightings Reported in Hokkaido After Sapporo Schools Close

Japan Approves Bear-Control Package as Police Rifle Teams Deploy and U.S. Issues Alert

Japan Speeds Tsunami Warnings With N‑Net Coastal Data From Nov. 20 as JR Hokkaido Loosens Crossing Rules

Hokkaido Tour Boat President Pleads Not Guilty as Trial Opens in 2022 Shiretoko Sinking

Japan’s First High-Path Avian Flu Case Confirmed in Blakiston’s Fish Owl

Magnitude 5.9 Quake Rattles Eastern Hokkaido, No Tsunami Threat