Open-air bear facility open in Hokkaido

Open-air bear facility open in Hokkaido

SHINTOKU, Japan - Visitors to Bear Mountain, an open-air facility for bears in Shintoku, Hokkaido, look at a bathing bear through a glass wall on April 29, the opening day of the facility.

(1)Norway's Petter Solberg wins Rally Japan

(1)Norway's Petter Solberg wins Rally Japan

OBIHIRO, Japan - Norway's driver Petter Solberg and co-driver Philip Mills steer their Subaru Impreza in the town of Shintoku on the northern Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Sept. 5 to win the Rally Japan 2004, FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) 11th round.

(1)Norway's Petter Solberg wins Rally Japan

(1)Norway's Petter Solberg wins Rally Japan

OBIHIRO, Japan - Norway's driver Petter Solberg and co-driver Philip Mills steer their Subaru Impreza in the town of Shintoku on the northern Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Sept. 5 to win the Rally Japan 2004, FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) 11th round. (Kyodo)

Farming school for women in northern Japan faces challenges

Farming school for women in northern Japan faces challenges

Photo taken March 23, 2016 in Shintoku, Hokkaido, shows Hazuki Kikuchi (L) and Yui Sakamoto holding course completion certificates of the Ladies Farm School. They are the only two graduates from the town-run institute training women in agriculture this spring. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Farming school for women in northern Japan faces challenges

Farming school for women in northern Japan faces challenges

Photo taken Feb. 22, 2016 in Shintoku, Hokkaido, shows Yui Sakamoto harvesting "gyoja ninniku," commonly known in English as victory onion, at a local farmer's greenhouse as part of training at the Ladies Farm School, a town-run institute training women in agriculture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Farming school for women in northern Japan faces challenges

Farming school for women in northern Japan faces challenges

Photo taken Feb. 22, 2016 in Shintoku, Hokkaido, shows Hazuki Kikuchi attaching milking equipment to a cow at a livestock farm as part of training at the Ladies Farm School, a town-run institute training women in agriculture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Open-air bear facility open in Hokkaido

Open-air bear facility open in Hokkaido

SHINTOKU, Japan - Visitors to Bear Mountain, an open-air facility for bears in Shintoku, Hokkaido, look at a bathing bear through a glass wall on April 29, the opening day of the facility. (Kyodo)

Search for 2 missing foreign men at Hokkaido ski resort

Search for 2 missing foreign men at Hokkaido ski resort

Rescue workers begin search for two foreign nationals, possibly French, who have gone missing at a Japanese ski resort in the Hokkaido town of Shintoku on March 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo