Kyle Smaine, 31, was caught in an avalanche while back-country skiing in Nagano prefecture, Japan, ... Smaine shared a video on Instagram showing him skiing during a marketing trip to Japan. 5.

Royal Minor Hotels Co. – a joint venture between Royal Holdings Co. and Minor Hotels – has signed its first hotel management ...

US skier Kyle Smaine has died in an avalanche in Japan aged 31, according to a post from his wife on Instagram. “Dear Husband and my whole world, officially married November 18, 2022, which not ...

One of two foreign men swept up in an avalanche in Japan while back-country skiing in the central prefecture of Nagano and found without vital signs on Monday was U.S. professional skier Kyle ...

Short-staffed ski resorts in Nagano Prefecture are increasingly relying on foreign labor, and employers are dangling free use of the winter facilities to secure enough workers for the season.

NAGANO—An English-language video and online article were released here, urging tourists to take proper safety procedures if they are tempted to go backcountry skiing on the mountains of Nagano ...

Kyle Smaine, an American freestyle skier who was a halfpipe gold medalist at the 2015 world championships, was one of two men killed Sunday in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in Japan ...

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 ...

In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known for its world-class ski resorts. But while the area’s mountains are undeniably magnetic – they were the stage ...

TOKYO/NAGANO, Japan -- Ski resort operators in Japan are devising a variety of attractions to lure tourists in the summer as the number of winter skiers and snowboarders keeps falling sharply.

Off Duty Travel; A Guide to Skiing in Japan: 5 Getaways for Powderheads of Every Stripe In-the-know skiers flock to Japan’s mountain resorts for piles of feather-light snow, dramatic scenery ...

Searching operation by Nagano Prefecture Police begins at Tsugaike Kogen Ski Resort on January 30, 2023 in Otari, Japan after two foreign skiers were found unconscious while three others descended ...