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. The ...

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

H akuba Goryu Snow Resort is in Hakuba Valley, Nagano Prefecture.After hosting the 1998 Winter Olympics, Nagano has become a well-known ski destination. Hakuba Goryu provides a fantastic ...

He used a blade-like object to attack three people waiting for a bus near the station, police said. One of them, Hiroyuki Maruyama, a 49-year-old man, was pronounced dead in a hospital. A 37-year-old ...

A 50-yer-old man died after he was buried by snow while backcountry skiing in a national forest near a ski resort at Nozawa Onsen Village, Nagano Prefecture, on Monday. According to police, Norikazu ...

said the integrated snow resort will rank with other prestigious skiing destinations like Hokkaido’s Niseko and Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture. “The novel coronavirus crisis is quietening down ...

The incident, suspected to be a random attack with no one targeted in particular, occurred near JR Nagano Station at around 8pm local time on Wednesday. The suspect, an unnamed middle-aged man ...

NAGANO, Japan -- Shiga Kogen Mountain Resort ... and a foreign-affiliated hotel has also begun operating there. Boasting 18 ski resorts, Shiga Kogen, north of Tokyo, drew 810,000 visitors in ...

Fuji on Wednesday was eight degrees warmer than average. A ski resort in Nagano Prefecture is struggling amid a shortage of snow. It planned to open its ski slope last Friday but has postponed it ...