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Former residents of Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Japan will hold memorial services for their ancestors at sea and in the air between July 25 and Nov. 7, the prefectural ...
News Japan » Hokkaido » Government: Semiconductor deal announced with government of Hokkaido at nanotech campus in Albany
A New York non-profit that facilitates semiconductor research has announced a development agreement with Japan. NY CREATES at the Albany NanoTech Complex works with partners around the globe to ...
News Japan » Hokkaido » Government: Hokkaido crowned top beef cattle producer over Kagoshima
According to the central government’s statistics on agricultural output for 2023 that were released at the end of 2024, Hokkaido surpassed Kagoshima Prefecture as the country's top beef cattle ...
News Japan » Hokkaido » Government: Japan antitrust watchdog raids firms in Hokkaido Shinkansen bid-rigging probe
The Hokkaido Shinkansen line went into service between Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station on March 26, 2016. In March 2025, the transport ministry released a ...
News Japan » Hokkaido » Government: Japan surveys 13,400 islands amid security threats
The Japanese government has decided to conduct a full survey of the owners of over 13,400 uninhabited islands nationwide, the Nikkei Shimbun reported on the 1st. This comes as abandoned islands have ...