Hokkaido

Briefs, March 4, 2013

4 Mar 2013

At least six people died in a spate of snow-related incidents as blizzards swept across the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend.

Diaoyu Islands row dulls China land grab fears in Japan

27 Nov 2012

A spat over disputed islands has put a damper on Chinese sales of Japanese products from cars to cosmetics, but there is relief in one market at a fall-off of foreign buyers – real estate.

Medical tourists to Japan unfazed by Diaoyus row

24 Oct 2012

As relations between Tokyo and Beijing appear increasingly in need of major surgery, officials in the far north of Japan are hoping the infant industry of medical tourism can thrive unscathed.

New rule on land sales not aimed at Chinese, Hokkaido governor says

19 Oct 2012

The governor of Hokkaido has defended new legislation covering land sales in the Japanese prefecture, introduced amid growing concern over purchases by foreigners including mainland Chinese and...

Japan’s Hokkaido welcomes Chinese, despite row

18 Oct 2012

The governor of Japan’s tourist haven island of Hokkaido said on Thursday the doors were open for Chinese tourists and investors, despite frictions that have seen Beijing’s warships skirting Tokyo...