Regional Voices: Hokkaido

National | Regional Voices: Hokkaido Sep 20, 2019

Sapporo group to equip emergency shelter for people with special needs

A Sapporo-based association providing support to people with rare and intractable diseases is planning to establish its own shelter early next year allowing people with special needs to find a safe place in the event of an emergency. The group came up with the idea ...

National / Politics | Regional Voices: Hokkaido Aug 30, 2019

In Hokkaido, Japan's youngest governor seen as 'safe driver,' but critics want him to go off script

When 38-year-old Naomichi Suzuki was elected governor of Hokkaido in April, he simultaneously achieved another feat: becoming the youngest serving prefectural leader in the nation. Although some initially counted on the young Suzuki to be communicative, or even outspoken, he has so far trodden carefully, ...