Tokyo, Nagano is a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, but it also has temples, macaque monkeys and a town Hokusai painted in ...

Skiing great Hermann Maier won four medals at the Olympics - and suffered one of the Games' most terrifying high-speed ...

This is the hilarious moment a snow lift took out two slope users at the same time when it whacked them both on the head. Footage shows a cable chair passing by and striking the two holidaymakers at ...

Japanese macaques, commonly referred to as 'snow monkeys', take an open-air hot spring bath, or 'onsen' at the Jigokudani ...

Heavy snow has led to 12 deaths in Japan since Feb. 4, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday. By prefecture, ...

The body of a 98-year-old man was found covered in snow on the ground beneath the eaves of a shed on his property in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, on Thursday. Police said Nobuchika Higuchi, who ...

Along with using Crosstreks and Foresters as vehicular ski lifts, Subaru let pro drivers give rides in their rally cars.

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...

Heavy snow has caused 12 casualties in Japan since Feb. 4, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday.

The number of skiers and snowboarders in Japan declined to 4.6 million in 2023 from 18.6 million in 1993 due to an increasing number of leisure activities and the declining birthrate, according to a ...

Many ski resorts in Japan are facing difficulty in staying open. As the number of domestic skiers and snowboarders declines ...

The World Cup of Hockey, last played in 2016, will return in February 2028 with hopes of commanding a regular place on the ...