Japan's red-crowned cranes, once thought extinct, were rediscovered in Hokkaido a century ago. Conservation efforts have ...

Later, we hopped on a small boat for a coastal bear tour and spotted a family of three bears, Japanese cormorants ... mysterious green algae balls, red-crowned cranes, Ainu culture, and geothermal ...

An international nongovernmental organization’s proposal to downgrade the red-crowned crane in an animal preservation list has triggered a wave of protests in and outside Japan. The bird species ...

You may even spot the iconic Red-crowned Cranes. Northern Japan and Southeastern Russia are home to the indigenous Ainu people who were there for centuries before being colonized. Japanese culture ...

In this episode, we visit Kushiro in the eastern part of Hokkaido Prefecture and meet a woman who is dedicated to the conservation of red-crowned cranes.