HAKODATE, Japan - Oak wilt, a lethal tree disease in which species such as Mizunara and Kashiwa oaks are attacked by insects and eventually die, is advancing north and spreading at an alarming pace across Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's main islands.
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