NAGANO—Okinawa Prefecture once boasted the longest life expectancy in the country, but it has now dropped well out of the top ...

Although about 7,000 Kiso horses existed in the region during the Meiji Era, only about 140 remain in Japan today.

Hakuba Village in Nagano Prefecture, a popular snow resort in Japan, has decided to levy a 50,000 yen or less penalty against ...

A day-trip bathing facility in Iriyamabe on the mountainside of Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture has been offering an "apple ...

Ten years later, Akinori Takahashi still remembers the cries for help echoing across the mountain after arriving at the scene ...

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 ...

Shinshu soba is from Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Shinshu soba’s name comes from Shimano, which is the old name of Nagano Prefecture. What makes this soba so distinctive is the great temperature ...

On January 2, two American nationals in their 30s lost their way while backcountry skiing in the village of Hakuba, ...

Bereaved families on Thursday mourned the victims of a fatal ski tour bus crash in the town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, 10 years ago. Together with his wife, Yoshinori Tahara, 60, ...

Relatives of victims of a fatal bus crash on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 13 passengers and two drivers in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan 15, ...