The decision by the startup Rapidus Corp. to build a semiconductor factory in Chitose, Hokkaido, is being touted as the biggest business investment ever for the northernmost main island.

Suguru Kanazawa, the new mayor of the Japanese city of Tomakomai (pictured), in Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture, says the local ...

Heavy snow forced flight cancellations at an airport in Hokkaido, Japan. Footage shows the blizzard battering the New Chitose International Airport, blanketing the runway in thick ice on February 11.

SAPPORO -- More than 30 puppies of popular breeds such as toy poodles, believed to have been inside a dog kennel in the city of Chitose, Hokkaido, have gone missing after the facility caught on fire.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet approved a bill Friday designed to allow the government to invest in Tokyo-based Rapidus, which aims to build the world’s first 2-nanometer semiconductor ...

TOKYO: At least 91 flights to and from New Chitose Airport in Japan's Hokkaido were cancelled Tuesday (Feb 11) due to ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese woman has accused a security officer at Japan’s New Chitose Airport of sexual harassment ...

CHITOSE, Hokkaido -- Splash ice, a rare winter phenomenon, has appeared along the shore of Lake Shikotsu in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost lake that remains unfrozen even in winter. This ...

Remembering a larger-than-life doormanFor three decades, Jim Burns welcomed guests to The Athenaeum Hotel and Residences in London with quintessential British charm. One of the biggest river ...

Flurries with a high of 28 °F (-2.2 °C) and a 54% chance of precipitation. Winds from NW to WNW at 11 to 14 mph (17.7 to 22.5 kph). Night - Cloudy with a 34% chance of precipitation. Winds ...