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 ...

NAGANO--Police are asking the public for information about a man who killed one person and injured two others in a knife attack in front of JR Nagano Station on Jan. 22. Nagano prefectural police ...