KITAMI, Hokkaido -- Some 208 chickens were found dead after a dog attacked them at a poultry farm in Abashiri, Hokkaido, sources close to the case told the Mainichi Shimbun Feb. 20. According to ...

The migration of animals throughout history is amply illustrated by the arrival of a subspecies of deer native to Hokkaido in Kunashiri Island, part of the Northern Territories that were seized ...

SAPPORO--Increased sightings of brown bears in Hokkaido in winter suggest the animals are awakening earlier from hibernation or not hibernating at all, putting forestry workers in wilderness areas ...

HAKODATE, Hokkaido -- The annual "Monkey Mountain Hot Spring" event at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden here has been drawing increasing foreign visitor numbers in recent years. The December ...