SAPPORO--Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto announced on Dec. 19 that the city would suspend its bid to host the Winter Olympics as it will be unlikely to host the Games for the next 18 years. Sapporo ...

SAPPORO--The city government announced a same-day luggage delivery service for visitors staying overnight at the Jozankei onsen here. The idea is to ease congestion in buses where residents compete ...

As Hokkaido’s long winter season comes to a close, the melting ice and warm weather signify the beginning of spring. Living in Sapporo for four years now, spring is one of my favorite seasons as the ...

Sapporo Holdings stock slid as much as 6.4% on Wednesday after the Japanese brewer said it would sell Stone Brewing to Firestone Walker and Duvel Moortgat. The move is being read less as a clean ...

Sapporo is finally dropping out of the race to host the 2030 Winter Games, but may still try for 2034, Japanese media is reporting. Even as recently as this week Sapporo was described as “ramping up ...

SAN DIEGO — Stone Brewing, San Diego’s largest craft brewer headquartered in Escondido, is being sold again to Firestone Walker Brewing Company and Duvel Moortgat USA, according to its subsidiary, ...

After a long drive through remote eastern Hokkaido, I arrive in downtown Sapporo, just as the sun sets below the horizon. We'd been hiking, canoeing and cruising our way through some of the region's ...

River Davis is a correspondent who has been living in Japan for the past eight years. Kiuko Notoya is a reporter and researcher who has visited Sapporo regularly since childhood. Jan. 15, 2026 While ...

It has been 50 years since Sapporo held the Winter Olympics, but the influence of the global sporting event lives on, even as the city gathers support for its bid for the 2030 Games. Local officials ...

Japanese brewery Sapporo Holdings is closing San Francisco's Anchor Brewing, acquired in 2017, citing challenges like the pandemic and intense competition. A little over five years ago, Japanese ...