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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

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

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A Japanese ski resort town is roiled by a debate over immigration

Residents are protesting a planned housing facility for foreign workers, exposing the conflict between labor needs and worries over immigration.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Old World prestige, New World terroir: Domaine de Montille’s vineyard in Hokkaido could redefine Japanese wine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/03/food-drink/domaine-de-montille-burgundy-hokkaido-wine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #drinking #wine #alcohol #hokkaido #hakodate

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Japan’s first foreign wine investor plants its roots in Hokkaido

Burgundy’s Domaine de Montille has opened a winery in Hakodate — a vote of confidence in the region’s terroir.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Almost six years after Hokkaido’s governor scrapped plans for a casino resort, the prefecture is looking at the possibility of hosting one to boost tourism despite societal and environmental concerns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/japan/hokkaido-casino/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #casinos #gambling

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Fossils unearthed in Hokkaido more than a decade ago have recently been identified as belonging to a new right whale species. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/japan/japan-new-whale-species/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #whales #hokkaido #sapporo

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Fossils unearthed in Hokkaido revealed to be of new whale species

The fossil bones were first discovered by a local citizen along the Toyohira River in Sapporo in October 2008.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

A surge in the number of heatstroke patients in Japan this summer was most notable in regions such as Hokkaido and Tohoku, which are typically cooler than the rest of the nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/japan/heatstroke-cases-rising-in-hokkaido-and-tohoku/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #heatwaves #hokkaido #tohoku #heatstroke

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

A memorial service was held Saturday for the victims of an earthquake that killed 44 people in Hokkaido seven years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/06/japan/hokkaido-2018-quake-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #earthquakes

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Large sauries are making a return this season after years of poor, smaller catches of the fish, a delicacy enjoyed in Japan during summer and autumn. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/japan-large-saury-catch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fish #saury #hokkaido #toyosu

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

A Japanese octogenarian was swindled out of about ¥1 million after falling in love online with a self-described astronaut who sought her help to avert a spaceship crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/crime-legal/fake-astronaut-scam-japan-elderly/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fraud #socialmedia #elderly #japanesepolice #hokkaido

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

The Soviet Union sinking of three Japanese ships near Hokkaido a week after World War II ended was a brutal final act made all the more significant because of one of history's greatest "what if" questions surrounding it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/hokkaido-invasion-soviet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #sovietunion #wwii#rumoi #us

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Can baseball revitalize rural Japan? Five new recruits from the U.S., France and Australia are drumming up excitement and bringing fresh energy to the dairy town of Betsukai, Hokkaido. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/09/01/issues/hokkaido-betsukai-pilot-spirits-baseball/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #baseball #hokkaido #betsukai #hokkaidofrontierleague #betsukaipilotspirits #mitsuruhonma

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

The transport ministry will investigate what it describes as a 'serious incident' after a passenger plane operated by Japan's All Nippon Airways landed on a runway in Hokkaido where a work vehicle was operating. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/ana-serious-incident/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #hokkaido #ana #airlines

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Firefly Aerospace is exploring an option to launch its Alpha rocket from Japan as the U.S. rocket maker expands its satellite launch services globally. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/companies/firefly-aerospace-japan-rocket-launch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #fireflyaerospace #rockets #space #hokkaido

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

A man in his 20s went missing on Thursday after he was attacked by a bear while hiking with a friend on a mountain in eastern Hokkaido. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/hokkaido-world-heritage-bear-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #hokkaido #shiretoko #mountrausu #worldheritage

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

There was a time when the notion of a Japanese player making it to the NHL was absurd enough that it became the butt of a legendary hockey joke. Jordan Spence may be changing that view. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/08/03/more-sports/jordan-spence-hockey-hokkaido/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #jordanspence #hokkaido #ottawasenators #osaka

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The Nuclear Regulation Authority approved a safety screening report that the No. 3 reactor at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido meets Japan's safety standards. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/hokkaido-nuclear-reactor-passes-safety-screening/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #tomari #nuclearenergy #earthquakes #tsunami

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Japan saw 10,804 heatstroke sufferers taken to hospital by ambulance in the week through Sunday, a new weekly record this year, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/society/record-heatstroke-sufferers-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #heatstroke #heatwaves #tokyo #saitama #hokkaido

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Japan is experiencing another scorching summer, and even Hokkaido, which is known for its cool and comfortable summer, is not being spared by heat waves. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/northern-japan-heat-waves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #heatwaves #hokkaido #tohoku #meteorologicalagency

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Former residents of islands off the coast of Hokkaido, driven off by a Soviet invasion at the end of World War II, want the government to convince Russia to allow them to visit their ancestral grave sites on the islands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/northern-territories-grave/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #russia #russiajapanrelations #sovietunion #wwii #kunashiri #etorofu #shikotan #habomai #northernterritories

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Former residents of Russian-held islands claimed by Japan have held a memorial service at sea for their ancestors for the fourth straight year because they remain unable to land on the northwestern Pacific islands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/japan/northern-territories-ex-residents-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #northernterritories #disputedislands #russiajapanrelations #russia #hokkaido

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

While many candidates in Sunday's Upper House election are heading to major cities for speeches and turning to social media, one candidate from Hokkaido is giving politics one last go-through a grassroots campaign. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/politics/muneo-suzuki-election-hokkaido/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #muneosuzuki #hokkaido #ldp #nipponishinnokai #2025upperhouseelection #okinawa #russia

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