New Species of Armored Dinosaur Identified in Japan
Cranial fossils of a nodosaurid ankylosaur unearthed more than two decades ago on the Japanese island of Hokkaido…
Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them
Japan has found a new export industry and it doesn’t come off an assembly line. It arrives by…
Japanese space probe, size of a fridge, flies near asteroid in planet defence test
A Japanese space probe performed a fly-by of a near-Earth asteroid on Sunday, in a test mission for…
Spring reawakens concerns over bear encounters in Japan
Sapporo – With the arrival of spring, it’s not just humans who are out and about more after…
Japanese crane no longer considered ‘threatened’ as population recovers
The Environment Ministry removed the red-crowned crane, also known as the Japanese crane, from its list of threatened…
How a small-town spat in Hokkaido nearly derailed its bear response measures
SAPPORO – A recent confrontation between a Hokkaido town assembly member and a hunters’ association shines a light…
Hokkaidō Town Aims to Become East Asian Space Launch Hub
When a Taiwan-affiliated firm launched a rocket from Taiki, Hokkaidō, in July 2025, it became the first foreign-funded…
SDF to provide logistical aid for bear capture efforts
The nation’s Ground Self-Defense Force is preparing to dispatch personnel to Akita Prefecture to assist with measures against…