A man died and two were injured in a stabbing attack at a train station in Nagano, a popular ski resort in central Japan, police said. The incident, suspected to be a random attack with no one ...

NAGANO—An English-language video and online ... These areas, however, are not part of a ski resort and are thus not patrolled. Injured or lost backcountry skiers can find themselves stranded ...

MATSUMOTO, Japan >> As the number of domestic skiers and snowboarders declines significantly, many ski resorts in Japan are ...

The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower around us, beckoning us to their slopes. In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known ...

The Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort is located just outside of Nagano, about four hours from Tokyo by car or train. It's a great place for those looking to spend their days skiing and evenings relaxing.

Some ski resorts have taken measures to prevent such ... Yoshikazu Ito, a mountain guide, said the Hakuba area of Nagano Prefecture attracts backcountry skiers and snowboarders because a lot ...

While the country is having a banner ski season, exceptionally heavy snowfall has created challenges for resort workers.

Ski resorts are one after another being forced to shut down due to financial difficulties caused by declining visitor numbers ...

The Hakuba Valley is a collection of 10 separate ski resorts in the rugged Japanese Alps close to Nagano. None of the resorts are huge but they share a lift pass (including now the Epic Pass from ...