Despite an arrest, authorities are concerned about a troubling rise in violence in recent years, potentially linked to ...

NAGANO - A man was arrested on Jan 26 in connection with last week’s stabbing attack in front of JR Nagano Station that left one person dead and two injured, police said. The unemployed suspect, ...

Mycl Japan Co. of Komoro city in the same prefecture is developing a leather using mushroom material. Nagano Prefecture is the nation’s largest producer of mushrooms. “The mushroom leather we ...

MATSUMOTO, Nagano Prefecture—Matsumoto city will raise entrance fees for Matsumoto Castle but will not charge foreign tourists more than Japanese visitors, Mayor Yoshinao Gaun said at a news ...

After a random knife assault at a bus stop in front of JR Nagano station on January 22 left one person dead and two injured, Nikkan Gendai (Jan 25) raised the issue of how incidents of this nature ...

Japan is still a safe country ... Nagano's two big youth department stores have been demolished (Again in Nagano City) and slated for closure (Parco in Matsumoto) so I agree that its not as lively as ...

Yusuke Yaguchi, an unemployed man from the city of Nagano, who had apparently been on the run since Wednesday, was arrested at his home on suspicion of attempted murder. The police said he has ...

The city of Nagano in northern Japan is on high alert following a fatal stabbing near its main railway station last Wednesday, which left one person dead and three others injured. Despite the ...