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Japan Raises Mt. Tokachi Volcanic Alert to Level 3

The upgrade signals heightened eruption risk for communities within about 3 kilometers of the crater.

Leader Sentenced to Life in Ebetsu Group Assault That Killed University Student

Head-On Crash in Kashiwa Kills Elderly Passenger and Sends Seven to Hospital

Tokyo Driver Arrested Under New Law After Drunk-Driving Death

Hunter Seriously Hurt in Brown Bear Attack Near Sarabetsu

Mount Rausu Trails Reclosed After Bear Chases Hiker

Four Climbers Airlifted After Brown Bear Blocks Hokkaido Trail

Hokkaido University Associate Professor Arrested for Filming Under a Woman’s Skirt

Lay-Jury Trial Ends as Prosecutors Seek 27 Years for Woman in Hokkaido Teen’s Bridge Death

Sapporo Euthanizes One Brown Bear as Problem Bears Appear Across Hokkaido and Tōhoku

Man Arrested After Knife Attack in Chitose Leaves Woman in Cardiac Arrest

Sapporo Opens Permanent Hall Displaying Original Fossils of Newly Described Whale

Defendant Denies Causing Asahikawa Teen’s Fall as Police Arrest Teen Recruiter in Tochigi Case

May Survey Finds No Squid Caught in Sea of Japan, First Zero Since 2001

Zookeeper Served Murder Warrant After Bones Found in Zoo Incinerator

Researchers Chemically Confirm K/Pg Impact Layer in Eastern Hokkaido

Ainu Repatriation Reaches Japan as Legal Challenge Targets Upopoy Custody

58 Gravestones Toppled in Hokkaido Cemetery as Police Investigate Vandalism

Japan Ends Major-Quake Advisory After New 6.1 Tremor in Hokkaido

Magnitude 6.2 Quake Shakes Hokkaido With No Tsunami Warning