“Seeing a change in Japan’s approach, Putin may have taken a tougher stand on the Northern Territories,” a senior government official said. “We should be careful to make sure Japan-Russia ...

The man lives on Kunashiri island, one of four disputed islands administered by Russia but also claimed by Japan which Japan calls the Northern Territories, off the northeast coast of Hokkaido.

Harry Jaffa suggested that Americans should adopt a “civil religion,” with Lincoln as a quasi-divine figure. This, of course, ...

Pacific as of late, now drawing the ire of Beijing by accepting U.S.-made defense systems in the northernmost reaches of its ...

Picture: Albert Perez /Cricket Australia via Getty Images The National Indigenous Cricket Championships took place in Alice Springs for its seventh edition, however hosts Northern Territory did ...

Electricity demand in Japan’s Hokkaido area is expected to grow the fastest in the country, as the region prepares to roll ...

Anisa Khalifa: And eight years ago, he got the opportunity to be a diplomat bridging North Carolina and the country he once called home. Although they aren’t typically paid, honorary consuls are real ...

Snowfall intensified across northern Japan on Friday, January 17, rapidly increasing snow accumulation. Snow clouds affected ...

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous ...

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese ...

AOMORI -- Record snowfall has hit the Tsugaru region of northern Japan's Aomori Prefecture, with snow reaching over 4.3 meters deep in one area. The snow was brought by a cold air mass with ...