SAPPORO--The governor of Hokkaido plans to lift the state of emergency on March 19, but he urged residents to remain indoors over the weekend to protect against novel coronavirus infection.

Hokkaido, which will be placed under a state of emergency from May 16, confirmed a record number of new cases the previous day with 712. The latest number was a decline, but health officials ...

In Hokkaido, which has been hit by a severe cold wave in recent days, a video captured the moment when one of two deer running on snow-covered roads slipped and fell.

Heavy snowfall affected parts of Hokkaido from the night of Monday, February 3, into Tuesday, February 4. The Pacific side of Hokkaido recorded the highest snowfall on record in the country ...

Before Hokkaido was Hokkaido, it was known to mainland Japan as Ezo. Further back still, indigenous Ainu communities referred to the northern expanse as Ainu Mosir, a name they had used for untold ...