Eight people have died and 54 others have been injured in a series of accidents during snow removal work across Japan since ...

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...

Japan was the top cross-border destination for Chinese tourists during the eight-day Lunar New Year holiday through Feb. 4, with reservations doubling from the previous year, according to data from ...

The map below shows the location of Nagano and Tokyo. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

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 ...

The Bank of Japan must raise short-term interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of fiscal 2025 to contain inflation ...

Storyline: The Japanese government is considering an early release of its rice reserves to address continuous price surges, ...

The land of the rising sun is an excellent child-friendly destination, as long as you do your homework first. Here are 15 ...

The Bank of Japan should raise its policy interest rate, currently at 0.5 percent, to at least around 1 percent in the latter ...

A powerful cold air mass and winter pressure patterns have brought continuous snowfall to coastal and mountainous areas along the ...

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

A bureau chief who oversaw police investigations into Aum Shinrikyo said he feels responsible for the “indecision” on a crackdown that allowed the cult to commit its deadly gas attack in Tokyo in 1995 ...