Each year between mid-November and April, winter sports fans from around the world flock to Japan for the country’s renowned ...

who was a member of the Japanese men's ski jumping team that won gold at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics in central Japan. "We aim to develop athletes who are admired by everyone." "To achieve ...

A total of 17 gold medals were awarded at the 9th Asian Winter Games on Saturday, the first competition day after the opening ...

At 56, Harada is now head of the Ski Association of Japan. As a ski jumper, Harada competed in five Winter Olympics and ...

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 ...

Europa Cup snowboard star Emily Rothney and slalom prospect Tia Freshwater, who are both aged 16, will be taking on the ...

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In Japan, where the summer ... a growing number of Japanese ski resorts are powering their lifts with renewable energy. Hakuba Happo-One Snow Resort in Nagano Prefecture, for example, began ...

A curated guide to essential gear, from technical layers to looking suave at après, by the brands that define winter in Japan ...

Japan's Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court's acquittal of a man charged with committing a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of a middle school student in 2015, citing his failure to ...

A dog and its owner ventured out for a morning walk in heavy snow in Japan’s Nagano Prefecture on February 5, as a winter storm hit parts of the country’s north. Footage filmed by X user ...