KITAMI, Hokkaido--A tiny device at what is known as the smallest aquarium in Hokkaido has kept the director on his toes, sometimes for no good reason. If visitors press a button near the entrance ...

MURORAN, Hokkaido—Visitors from around Japan and overseas continue to flow into the municipal Muroran Aquarium here for a look at Satsuki, a seal that bangs on a plastic pail to beg for food.