As Hokkaido prepares for the beginning of the autumn salmon runs, a lawsuit by an Ainu Indigenous group over traditional fishing rights and the impacts of climate change on stocks are hanging over the ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the suspension order on Japanese flying squid fishing and its impact on Hokkaido's fishing industry. Question: I heard a ...

Fishery workers in Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido are busy catching salmon, an autumn delicacy. Fixed-net fishing began in early September off the coast of the town of Shiranuka. On Friday, ...

TOKYO - Sea urchin and salmon are dying en masse off the Pacific coast of Hokkaido because of the "red tide", driving up retail prices nationwide and jeopardising the peak autumn fishing season. The ...

The smelt fishing season is underway at Onuma Quasi-National Park in Nanae Town, Hokkaido – an activity that has almost a century of history behind it. In the first catch, fish size appears to have ...

A frosty wind was blowing in from the Sea of Japan at the Suttsu fishing port in Hokkaido in late November. There, catching anglerfish with a grim look on his face was 77-year-old fisherman Kyozo ...

TOKYO -- Unexpectedly large numbers of Pacific bluefin tuna have been winding up in nets set off Hokkaido, raising concerns that Japan will exceed its quota for the endangered fish.

ERIMO, JAPAN (REUTERS) - Ever since North Korea lobbed two missiles far above this windswept fishing town on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, seaweed farmer Mitsuyo Kawamura says she has been on ...

A body was found Thursday off the coast of Hokkaido, local police said, saying it was a 54-year-old man who fell into the sea while fishing. The man fell into the sea at a port in Obira in ...

A Japanese flying squid auction is held following the resumption of fishing for resource survey purposes, in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Nov. 11, 2025. (Mainichi/Kunihiko Misawa) The Mainichi Shimbun answers ...