thejapantimes, 4 days ago to Japan

Calls are growing for the introduction of penalties for discriminatory remarks against the Ainu indigenous people, while the government is cautious about penalties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/14/japan/japan-ainu-discrimination-penalty/ #japan #discrimination #indigenouspeople #ainu #hokkaido #miosugita

thejapantimes, 5 days ago to Japan

The Northern Lights were observed in Hokkaido and other parts of northern Japan over the weekend following a powerful solar storm. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/13/japan/science-health/hokkaido-northern-lights/ #japan #sciencehealth #hokkaido #sun #northernlights

thejapantimes, 6 days ago to Japan

The third Japan Parade, aimed at promoting Japanese culture, was held in New York City's Manhattan on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/12/japan/japan-parade-held-in-new-york/ #japan #newyork #yamaguchi #tourism #hokkaido

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to community

Despite ancient superstitions in Japan about women aboard ships, Toko Jinno is determined to photographically document the lives of those making a living in Japan’s fishing industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2024/05/11/our-lives/hokkaido-fishers-photography-gender/ #community #ourlives #hokkaido #fishing #oceans #jobs #women039sissues

thejapantimes, 15 days ago to Japan

A Sapporo court ruling that an Ainu group does not have a right to freely catch and sell salmon in local rivers raises tough questions about what activities count among an Indigenous people's legal rights to preserve and promote their traditions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/03/japan/society/ainu-raporo-lawsuit/ #japan #society #indigenouspeople #ainu #hokkaido #hokkaido

thejapantimes, 16 days ago to Japan

Japan’s average temperature in April was the highest in nearly 130 years due to the lingering effects of El Nino, a climate phenomenon that causes higher sea water temperatures, since last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/02/japan/april-highest-temperature/ #japan #tokyo #hokkaido #okinawa #meteorologicalagency

thejapantimes, 19 days ago to Japan

For many living near volcanoes, complacency and ignorance seem to outweigh the need to prepare for the worst, especially around dormant volcanoes like Mount Iwate in the Tohoku region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/29/japan/japan-volcano-eruption-crisis/ #japan #volcanoes #geology #earthquakes #tohoku #iwate #hokkaido #mountiwate #mountusu

thejapantimes, 23 days ago to Japan

The planned extension of the Hokkaido Shinkansen to Sapporo will be delayed until after fiscal 2030, informed sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/25/japan/hokkaido-shinkansen-plan-delay/ #japan #hokkaido #shinkansen #bullettrains #jr

thejapantimes, 24 days ago to Japan

The investigation into the operator of the Kazu I sightseeing boat is still ongoing, two years after the vessel sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, resulting in at least 20 deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/24/japan/crime-legal/hokkaido-boat-operator-probe-two-years/ #japan #crimelegal #hokkaido #shiretokoyuransen #shari #marineaccidents #tourism

thejapantimes, 29 days ago to Japan

A court in Japan dismissed a bid by Ainu Indigenous people to reclaim rights over river fishing for salmon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/19/japan/ainu-fishing-deny/ #japan #ainu #fishing #japanesecourts #hokkaido

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to Japan

Temperatures in Japan's northern city of Sapporo passed 25 degrees Celsius on Monday — the earliest point of any year on record. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/15/japan/sapporo-posts-earliest-summer-day/ #japan #sapporo #hokkaido #meteorologicalagency #climatechange

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to Japan

From a bad social media campaign to convoluted explanations to locals, Sapporo's 2030 Olympic and Paralympic bid was a dismal failure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/15/japan/society/regional-hokkaido-olympics/ #japan #society #sapporo #2030olympics #olympics #paralympics #hokkaido

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to business

A construction company based in Tokyo is willing to do whatever it takes to get a chipmaking plant up and running on time in Hokkaido. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/15/companies/kajima-rapidus-plant-hokkaido/ #business #companies #kajima #constructionindustry #rapidus #hokkaido #chipmakers #tsmc

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to Japan

The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology has apologized and expressed its regret over its past actions when dealing with the Ainu people in the name of research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/05/japan/society/anthropology-society-ainu-people/ #japan #society #indigenouspeople #ainu #hokkaido #humanrights

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to Japan

In a national first, the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology has issued a statement expressing regret and apology for its past research stance on the country's Ainu indigenous people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/03/japan/society/academic-society-apology-ainu/ #japan #society #indigenouspeople #ainu #hokkaido #discrimination

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to Japan

Same-sex couples in Hokkaido have appealed a high court ruling from earlier this month that recognized Japan's lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage as unconstitutional but denied them damages for emotional distress. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/25/japan/crime-legal/sapporo-same-sex-marriage-ruling-appeal/ #japan #crimelegal #lgbtq #samesexmarriage #japanesecourts #supremecourt #hokkaido

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to Japan

Hokkaido recently said goodbye to one of its most influential post-World War II figures, Yoshiro Ito, who left a diverse legacy in local business and international relations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/25/japan/society/regional-hokkaido-ito/ #japan #society #yoshiroito #hokkaido #sapporo #skiing #kentuckyfriedchicken #newchitoseairport

thejapantimes, 2 months ago to Japan

Visitors to Hokkaido's Niseko mountain resort will be liable to pay up to ¥2,000 ($14) per night on hotel and private lodging stays under a new accommodation tax program approved by the internal affairs minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/12/japan/niseko-lodging-tax/ #japan #hokkaido #niseko #tourism #hotels

thejapantimes, 2 months ago to Japan

An avalanche at Hokkaido's Mount Yotei has resulted in the death of a backcountry skier and caused injury to two others. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/11/japan/hokkaido-avalanche/ #japan #hokkaido #snow

thejapantimes, 2 months ago to Japan

A group of 12 people filed lawsuits on Friday with the district courts of Tokyo and Sapporo to contest the constitutionality of Japan's controversial requirement that married couples have the same surnames. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/08/japan/crime-legal/separate-surnames-lawsuit/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #marriage #keidanren #tokyo #nagano #hokkaido

thejapantimes, 2 months ago to Japan

A piece by women visiting Tokyo gives us a century-old take on what tourists in the 1920s thought of "weird Japan." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/01/japan/history/japanese-history-1924-1949-1974-1999-march/ #japan #history #fashion #homelessness #imperialfamily #hokkaido

thejapantimes, 2 months ago to Japan

A former Hokkaido journalist has made it his mission to find out how a series of portraits of Ainu chieftains from 1790 ended up in a museum in France. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/26/japan/history/johnston-hokkaido-ainu-painting/ #japan #history #ainu #museums #indigenouspeople #hokkaido #japaneseart #hakyokakizaki

thejapantimes, 2 months ago to community

The director of the Akan International Crane Center in Hokkaido tells us how she found herself in a career centered around saving the symbolic white birds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2024/02/24/our-lives/akan-red-crowned-crane-hokkaido/ #community #ourlives #hokkaido #akaninternationalcranecenter #cranes #snow #tourism

thejapantimes, 2 months ago to Sports

In east Hokkaido, a form of ice hockey where players wear rubber boots instead of skates is winning fans for its accessibility and as a way to pass the time in Japan's frozen north. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/02/22/rubber-boots-ice-hockey-hokkaido/ #sports #hokkaido #kushiro #icehockey

thejapantimes, 3 months ago to Japan

At one racecourse in Japan, the unpredictable stop-and-start drama of the world's slowest horse race has drawn new fans eager to bet on their sturdy favorite. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/18/japan/slow-horse-race-fans/ #japan #horses #baneikeiba #hokkaido #obihiro