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Japanese author, animal researcher "Mutsugoro" dies at 87

Japanese author and animal researcher Masanori Hata plays with a dog in Nakashibetsu on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido in June 2016. Hata, who frequently appeared on television shows about animals and was better known by his nickname "Mutsugoro," died of a heart attack on April 5, 2023, at 87.

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Japanese author, animal researcher "Mutsugoro" dies at 87

Japanese author and animal researcher Masanori Hata gives an interview in Nakashibetsu on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido in June 2021. Hata, who frequently appeared on television shows about animals and was better known by his nickname "Mutsugoro," died of a heart attack on April 5, 2023, at 87.

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Photographer documents life of ethnic Ainu for 30 years

KUSHIRO, Japan - Taka Maesawa, a photographer from Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, speaks in nearby Kushiro on Oct. 24, 2014, about her 110-page photo book documenting the life of the Ainu ethnic minority in the northernmost prefecture for more than 30 years since 1983.

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Blizzard in Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, on March 4, 2013, shows flowers and soft drink offered at the site where a car a woman and her three children were riding in was buried under snow on March 2. They were confirmed dead later that day. A blizzard hit Hokkaido and the northeastern Tohoku region over the weekend.

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Heavy snow in Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows vehicles trapped in heavy snow in the town of Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, on March 3, 2013.

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Hashimoto flies by islands in Japan-Russia territorial row

CAPE NOSAPPU, Japan - Photo shows Ryutaro Hashimoto, state minister on issues pertaining to the Northern Territories, taking pictures of the Habomai group of isles, one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that Japan claims, at Cape Nossapu on Feb. 17. He took an aerial observation tour of the islands. Boarding a helicopter at Nakashibetsu airport in eastern Hokkaido, Hashimoto saw them from Japanese airspace.

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1st visa-free flight made to Russian-held islands

NAKASHIBETSU, Japan - A resident of Kunashiri Island, one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan, welcomes a group of Japanese nationals at the island's airport on Oct. 29. The Japanese delegation made the first visa-free flight to one of the disputed islands to attend a ceremony to mark the construction of a diesel power plant by the Japanese government.

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Ural owl spotted in Hokkaido, northern Japan

An Ural owl perches on a tree in the woods of Nakashibetsu on Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido on Jan. 22, 2015. Local residents say a pair of the birds, apparently a couple, lives there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ural owl spotted in Hokkaido, northern Japan

An Ural owl perches on a tree in the woods of Nakashibetsu on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 22, 2015. Local residents say a pair of the birds, apparently a couple, lives there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Land ministry's Hokkaido bureau conducts aerial coastline survey

Personnel discuss the findings of an aerial survey conducted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau on an elevated seabed along the coastline in Rausu, Hokkaido, during a meeting held at Nakashibetsu Airport in Japan's northernmost main island on April 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer documents life of ethnic Ainu for 30 years

KUSHIRO, Japan - Taka Maesawa, a photographer from Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, speaks in nearby Kushiro on Oct. 24, 2014, about his 110-page photo book documenting the life of the Ainu ethnic minority in the northernmost prefecture for more than 30 years since 1983. (Kyodo)

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Ex-residents fly over Russian-held islands

A chartered airplane carrying former residents of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido leaves Nakashibetsu airport on Oct. 21, 2020, on the northernmost Japanese main island to fly over the islands to pay respects to their ancestors. The residents took part in the flight trip as an annual visa-free visit was cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ex-residents fly over Russian-held islands

Former residents of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido disembark from a chartered airplane on Oct. 21, 2020, at Nakashibetsu airport on the northernmost Japanese main island after finishing their flight over the islands to pay respects to their ancestors. The residents took part in the flight trip as an annual visa-free visit was cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ex-residents fly over Russian-held islands

Former residents of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido prepare to board a chartered airplane at Nakashibetsu airport on the northernmost Japanese main island on Oct. 21, 2020, to fly over the islands to pay respects to their ancestors. The residents took part in the flight trip as an annual visa-free visit was cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ex-residents trip to Russian-held islands

Former residents board a chartered airplane at Nakashibetsu airport in Hokkaido on July 22, 2018, to visit their ancestors' graves on Russian-held Kunashiri and Etorofu islands. Japan claims sovereignty over the islands as well as two others Soviet troops seized at the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-residents of Russian-held isles return home

A group of Japanese former residents of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido arrive at Nakashibetsu airport on Hokkaido, Japan, on Sept. 24, 2017, after visiting their ancestors' graves on two of the disputed isles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-residents of Russian-held isles return home

A group of Japanese former residents of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido arrive at Nakashibetsu airport on Hokkaido, Japan, on Sept. 24, 2017, after visiting their ancestors' graves on two of the disputed isles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-residents of Russian-held isles return home

A group of Japanese former residents of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido arrive at Nakashibetsu airport on Hokkaido, Japan, on Sept. 24, 2017, after visiting their ancestors' graves on two of the disputed isles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese former residents make 1st trip by air to Russian-held isles

Japanese former residents of a group of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido pose for photos before boarding a chartered aircraft at Nakashibetsu airport in Hokkaido on Sept. 23, 2017, in the first such air trip negotiated during a decades-long territorial spat. The group of 68 people will visit their ancestors' graves on two of the disputed isles, collectively called the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese former residents make 1st trip by air to Russian-held isles

Japanese former residents of a group of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido board a chartered aircraft at Nakashibetsu airport in Hokkaido on Sept. 23, 2017, in the first such air trip negotiated during a decades-long territorial spat. The group of 68 people will visit their ancestors' graves on two of the disputed isles, collectively called the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-residents' trip to disputed isles canceled due to fog

Former Japanese residents of disputed isles off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido and family members listen to an announcement on June 19, 2017, in Hokkaido's Nakashibetsu that a planned trip for them to visit the islands the same day has been canceled due to fog. It would have been the first such trip by air for the former residents to the Russian-held territory known as the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-residents' trip to disputed isles canceled due to fog

Former Japanese residents of disputed isles off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido and family members listen to an announcement on June 19, 2017, in Hokkaido's Nakashibetsu that a planned trip for them to visit the islands the same day has been canceled due to fog. It would have been the first such trip by air for the former residents to the Russian-held territory known as the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ex-residents' trip to disputed Russian-held isles postponed

Former Japanese residents of a group of Russian-controlled islands to the northeast of Hokkaido appear disappointed at Nakashibetsu airport in Hokkaido on June 18, 2017, after finding out their trip to the isles has been postponed due to poor weather. About 70 people were to make the first trip by air to the disputed isles. The trip has been rescheduled for June 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ex-residents' trip to disputed Russian-held isles postponed

Former Japanese residents of a group of Russian-controlled islands to the northeast of Hokkaido appear disappointed at Nakashibetsu airport in Hokkaido on June 18, 2017, after finding out their trip to the isles has been postponed due to poor weather. About 70 people were to make the first trip by air to the disputed isles. The trip has been rescheduled for June 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hashimoto flies by islands in Japan-Russia territorial row

CAPE NOSAPPU, Japan - Photo shows Ryutaro Hashimoto, state minister on issues pertaining to the Northern Territories, taking pictures of the Habomai group of isles, one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that Japan claims, at Cape Nossapu on Feb. 17. He took an aerial observation tour of the islands. Boarding a helicopter at Nakashibetsu airport in eastern Hokkaido, Hashimoto saw them from Japanese airspace.

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1st visa-free flight made to Russian-held islands

NAKASHIBETSU, Japan - A resident of Kunashiri Island, one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan, welcomes a group of Japanese nationals at the island's airport on Oct. 29. The Japanese delegation made the first visa-free flight to one of the disputed islands to attend a ceremony to mark the construction of a diesel power plant by the Japanese government.