Timeless tales throw the march of ‘progress’ into relief https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/15/japan/history/ainu-tales-yukie-chiri/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #hokkaido #jomonperiod #ainu #yukiechiri #isabellabird
The president of a Hokkaido tour boat operator pleaded not guilty to professional negligence resulting in a fatal sinking in the first hearing of his criminal trial on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/crime-legal/hokkaido-boat-operator-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hokkaido #shari #japanesecourts #marineaccidents #shiretokoyuransen
Japan has far fewer bears than North America — yet far more fatal encounters. Why are the nation’s bears so uniquely dangerous? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/japan/society/bear-attacks-japan-wildlife/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #bears #animals #akita #hunting #hokkaido
Japan has made its first shipment of scallops to China in two years after Beijing relaxed its restrictions on Japanese fishery products. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/07/scallop-exports-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #china #chinajapanrelations #hokkaido #fukushima #311 #aomori #fish #tepco
The government of Niigata Prefecture said it has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in the city of Tainai. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/japan/science-health/bird-flu-niigata/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #niigata #hokkaido #birdflu
The nation's Ground Self-Defense Force is preparing to dispatch personnel to Akita Prefecture to assist with measures against wild bears following a series of attacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/japan/sdf-bear-capture-participation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gsdf #bears #wildlife #hokkaido #akita #iwate #miyagi #nagano
Hokkaido’s future as a “great dairy district” was already foreseen by an American academic in November 1925. In 2000, the founder of the Japanese Red Army militant group was arrested in Osaka after years on the run. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/japan/history/japan-television-hokkaido-strike-shigenobu-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #hokkaido #dairyindustry #television #japanesenationalrailways #rail #unions #fusakoshigenobu #japaneseredarmy #osaka
A court decided Wednesday to hold on Nov. 12 the first hearing of the criminal trial for a tour boat operator charged with professional negligence over the fatal sinking of a tour boat in Hokkaido in 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/hokkaido-boat-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #marineaccidents
Haruo Kataoka, the mayor of Suttsu in Hokkaido who supports proceeding to a next-stage survey to select a final disposal site for high-level nuclear waste, has been reelected for a seventh consecutive term. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/politics/hokkaido-suttsu-mayor-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nuclearwaste #suttsu #hokkaido #localgovernment
A strong earthquake hit eastern areas of Hokkaido Prefecture in the early hours of Saturday, with authorities warning that more could be in story for Japan's northernmost prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/japan/hokkaido-earthquake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #earthquakes
Police searched locations linked to a now-closed zoo in Sapporo over allegations of unauthorized land development. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/police-raid-closed-hokkaido-zoo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #animals #hokkaido #japanesepolice
Japan reported its first bird flu outbreak of the season at a poultry farm earlier this week, raising concerns that egg prices could rise further. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/science-health/egg-price-concern/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #hokkaido #food
Japan has detected its first case of bird flu this season at a farm in Hokkaido. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/japan/science-health/hokkaido-bird-flu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #hokkaido #birdflu
Warmer ocean temperatures around Hokkaido have led to a sharp decline in autumn salmon populations, significantly tightening supply and pushing prices for the fish and its roe to record highs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/japan/hokkaido-autumn-salmon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #fish #food #supermarkets
One of Japan’s leading prefectures for offshore wind power is urging authorities to reissue a tender for two critical projects after Mitsubishi Corp. withdrew from the planned developments due to rising costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/akita-new-tenders-offshore-wind/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #emissions #energy #wind #akita #hokkaido #mitsubishi #renewables
A book compiling questions submitted to a local library in Hokkaido and answers written by its staff on a bulletin board has become a nationwide hit, with it already being reprinted twice since its March release. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/japan/society/hokkaido-library-answers-students-questions-about-life/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hokkaido #shari #libraries #books #students
Warming temperatures have helped make the small Hokkaido town of Yoichi the toast of pinot noir connoisseurs, but now climate change could mean that it will become difficult to grow the grapes there. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/japan/hokkaido-grape-farms-affected-by-climate-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wine #hokkaido #yoichi #climatechange
In 2020, Ghost of Tsushima gave life to an oft-overlooked slice of Japanese history. But in the new Ghost of Yotei, familiar samurai action-adventure thrills don’t quite live up to its new setting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/11/digital/ghost-of-yotei-review-game-hokkaido-tsushima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #digital #videogames #ghostofyotei #hokkaido #ghostoftsushima #samurai #ainu
The president of a company in Hokkaido has developed a children's toy resembling an automated external defibrillator, or AED, to reduce the fear associated with using the lifesaving device. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/07/companies/hokkaido-company-aed-toy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #hokkaido #toys #children #aed #health #heartdisease
In the small town of Kutchan, near the internationally renowned Niseko ski slopes in Japan, a barren field once planted with potatoes has become a flash point for a national conflict over labor, tourism and immigration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/japan/society/japan-foreign-workers-ski-resort/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hokkaido #tourism #immigration #jobs
