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
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
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
Relatives of passengers who died or went missing when a tour boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido in April 2022 paid tribute to their loved ones at sea on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/japan/shiretoko-tour-boat-sinking-victims-remembered/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #marineaccidents
Taiwanese private rocket company TiSpace terminated the flight of one of its rockets shortly after lift-off in northern Japan on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/13/taiwanese-rocket-fails-japan-launch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tispace #rockets #taiwan #hokkaido
Fill your picnic basket with delicious bread and pastries as you drive through the scenic region of Kamikawa. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/07/13/food-drink/bakeries-kamikawa-road-trip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #snacks #hokkaido #driving
This season's first batch of saury sold for ¥300,000 per kilogram for some large fish at the Toyosu wholesale market in Tokyo amid limited supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/11/season-first-saury-price/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #saury #fishery #hokkaido #toyosu

In Hokkaido, Indigenous land rights have added another layer to the division of opinions in Suttsu and Kamoenai over whether to host a permanent underground repository for Japan’s nuclear waste. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/06/energy/hokkaido-ainu-nuclear-waste-storage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #nuclearenergy #energy #renewables #hokkaido #nuclearwaste #ainu #indigenouspeople
Furano wants whisky lovers to be their next stop in Hokkaido, with a new distillery set to open in 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/07/04/food-drink/new-whisky-distillery-furano/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #alcohol #whisky #skiing #hokkaido
Recent pressure on Japan by the United States to import more American rice, soybeans and maize is of special concern to Hokkaido. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/30/economy/rice-soybeans-concern/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rice #tariffs #donaldtrump #hokkaido #agriculture
From exhausted hikers to emergency airlifts, Mount Fuji’s rescue crews face an increased challenge when climbing season opens July 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/30/japan/society/mount-fuji-rescue-teams/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #mountfuji #hiking #yamanashi #shizuoka #hokkaido #tourism #mountaineering
Former Intel CEO Gelsinger advises Japan's Rapidus to distinguish itself in some way from Taiwan's TSMC. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/27/companies/playground-gelsinger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #intel #ai #tech #manufacturing #chipmakers #rapidus #taiwan #hokkaido #chitose