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The Sapporo District Court on Friday handed down a life imprisonment to a 19-year-old man who led a fatal group assault.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 7, 2026
Teen sentenced to life in prison over leading role in fatal 2024 Hokkaido group assault
Prosecutors sought the sentence for Yuto Kawaguchi, 19, arguing he should bear the greatest responsibility for leading the assault on 20-year-old university student Tomoya Hase.
Signs demanding the return of a group of islands, called the Northern Territories in Japanese and the Kuril Islands in Russian, in Nemuro, Hokkaido, in April 2022
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2026
Japan protests Russian drills near disputed islands
Russia said that live-fire drills would be held in waters off Kunashiri and Etorofu islands.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi poses with junior high school students, including great-grandchildren of former residents of the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2026
Takaichi keen to resume grave visits in Russian-held islands off Hokkaido
The suspension of the program due to Russia¡¯s invasion of Ukraine is a ¡°humanitarian issue and a top priority in Japan-Russia relations,¡± Takaichi said.
A view of downtown Sapporo. Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki is pushing Sapporo as a candidate for a second capital outside Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 28, 2026
With secondary-capital bill passed, competition between cities heats up
In addition to Osaka, others including Fukuoka, Sapporo and Nagoya have indicated interest in being the fallback if a disaster strikes Tokyo and renders it unable to function.
A man pays tribute to his ancestors during a memorial service at sea on Saturday near disputed islands off Hokkaido controlled by Russia.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 27, 2026
Memorial at sea starts for late residents of Russia-held isles
A Japan-Russia exchange program related to the islands, known in Japan as the Northern Territories, has been suspended since Moscow¡¯s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
A Russian military IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft flies in airspace over waters near Japan on Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2026
Russian warplane violates Japanese airspace over islets claimed by Tokyo
A Defense Ministry official said that Tokyo is currently in a situation where it is virtually unable to exercise jurisdiction over the Russian-controlled Northern Territories.
A construction site for the Hokkaido Shinkansen as Mount Yotei looms in the background in Kutchan, Hokkaido, in February
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2026
Fraudulent quality tests discovered for Hokkaido Shinkansen extension work
Consortium workers manipulated a measuring instrument during tests to gauge the amount of water in the concrete used for a tunnel so the results fell within the standard value.
Two Ainu men sit in front of an altar during a memorial service for Ainu people killed by <i>wajin</i> (ethnic Japanese) in a 15th-century battle in Kaminokuni, Hokkaido, in 2019.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jul 20, 2026
With lawsuit over remains, Ainu continue fight for cultural recognition
The Shibechari Ainu Tribe in Hokkaido hopes the lawsuit will set a legal precedent that helps address the injustices stemming from the removal of Ainu remains from their graves.
All Nippon Airways&#039; new Hokkaido facility has about 60 employees from various divisions to maintain operations during the first week following a possible major disaster or terrorist attack.
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2026
ANA opens Hokkaido facility to ensure continuity in event of disaster
The major airline moved part of its operations from Tokyo¡¯s Haneda Airport to the new facility, which began full-scale operations earlier this month.
Parliament passed a bill Wednesday to add six islands to the list of inhabited border islands eligible for state support aimed at promoting settlement and tourism.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2026
Japan enacts bill to boost settlement on six more border islands
The revised special measures law calls for promoting tourism on listed islands and requiring prefectural governments?to make efforts to address depopulation.
The Hakuba Cross-Country Course in the village of Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, in February. For a third year in a row, roadside land prices in the village have increased at the highest rate across Japan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 1, 2026
Roadside land prices rise in popular Japanese tourist sites
Across the board, the prices of land facing major roads in Japan as of Jan. 1 went up by 2.9%, marking a fifth consecutive year of increases.
No need to go foraging for one of bears&#039; favorite wild vegetables for this dish ¡ª just pick it up at your local farmer&#039;s market instead.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Jun 28, 2026
Smash tacos with bear-approved veggies
Alpine leeks are a forageable example of the ¡°sansai¡± (wild edible plants) that make springtime a bounty of flavors across Â鶹´«Ã½ countryside ¡ª for humans and bear-kind alike.
A former college student was sentenced to 30 years in prison in connection with a case in which a 20-year-old man was beaten to death by six people at a park Hokkaido in 2024.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 26, 2026
Three youths jailed over fatal assault of college student in Hokkaido
The case involved a 20-year-old student being beaten to death by six people in a park in 2024.
Flowers laid near Kamui bridge, the scene of a 17-year-old high school girl&#039;s death, in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, June 2024
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 22, 2026
Woman sentenced to 27 years over death of high school girl
Prosecutors had sought 27 years, arguing the ¡°extremely cruel and malicious¡± crime the woman had been the ringleader of had ¡°trampled on the victim¡¯s dignity.¡±
Internal affairs minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (center) speaks during a meeting with Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki (left) and Yubari Mayor Tsukasa Atsuya (right) in Yubari, Hokkaido, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2026
Bankruptcy-induced salary cuts for Yubari city workers to end
The announcement was made on the 20th anniversary of the city¡¯s declaration of financial collapse.
Seiichi Katsurada, president of tour boat company Shiretoko Yuransen, at the Kushiro District Court in Hokkaido on Wednesday. Katsurada has been sentenced to five years in prison over a deadly boat sinking in 2022.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2026
Hokkaido tour boat operator sentenced to five years¡¯ jail over fatal 2022 sinking
Eighteen passengers and two crew members died after a tour boat sank on April 23, 2022, off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, with six passengers still unaccounted for.
The members of TV Tairiku Ondo ¡ª (from left) Harea Togari, Ryuji Chiyotani, Kotaro Suzuki and Hiroto Yanagawa ¡ª met as high school students in Sapporo and went viral in 2024 with an energetic 90-second track.
CULTURE / Music
Jun 12, 2026
TV Tairiku Ondo channels the chaotic creativity of youth
After going viral with a 90-second track in 2024, the rock quartet from Hokkaido has been hitting stages big and small and working hard on a debut album.
A court ruling will be handed down on June 22 for a woman suspected of killing a 17-year-old girl in Hokkaido in 2024.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 9, 2026
Prosecutors seek 27-year sentence for suspect in murder of Hokkaido girl
Public prosecutors have alleged that Riko Uchida and others ¡°applied some physical force¡± to the high school girl, who was embroiled in a dispute over social media photos.
Californians Ben and Ariella Jacoby, who married with Mount Fuji as their backdrop, are part of a growing trend of inbound weddings in Japan.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 8, 2026
Foreign couples are turning Japan into a wedding destination
Personal and cultural connections, as well as a weak yen, are driving more foreign couples to choose Japan to mark major life events.
Former residents of the Northern Territories join hands aboard the exchange ship Etopirika, in July last year.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2026
Ex-residents to hold memorial services near Japan-claimed isles
Former residents of Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Japan will hold memorial services for their ancestors at sea and in the air between July 25 and Nov. 7, the prefectural government of Hokkaido said Friday.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital&#039;s largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn&#039;t just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it&#039;s an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
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