Seekers of the steep and deep can expect to find comfort, adventure and gossamer-light snow at the region’s several ski areas ...

Nagano, Japan may be known as the site of the 1998 Winter Olympics, but the destination offers seemingly endless opportunities to enjoy year-round nature activities, as well as to go back in time ...

A dog sled race has been held in the Kirigamine Highlands in Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture in central Japan, where the dogs ...

The XVIII Winter Olympics opened when a shirtless 516-pound sumo wrestler purified the stadium with thunderous foot stomps and a 90-pound figure skater wearing a kimono delicately touched the torch to ...

An Australian national has died in a hospital after being suspended in midair from a ski lift in Tsugaike Mountain Resort in ...

Tokyo — Three people were killed Thursday, including two police officers, in a shooting and stabbing attack in Japan's central Nagano region, according to public broadcaster NHK and other Japanese ...

An Australian woman has died after a ski lift accident at a central Japan resort in which she was left hanging in midair, local police said Sunday. Police identified her as 22-year-old Brooke Day and ...

NAGANO – A foreign snowboarder in Japan has been in serious condition after hanging in midair from a chairlift at a ski resort in Otari, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan 30, police said. The woman, who is in ...