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

Since the 1972 Sapporo Olympics, skiing has been big news in Japan and for decades now, this destination has sat firmly atop ...

Hakuba Valley is located in Japan's Nagano Prefecture, which is just three hours from Tokyo by bullet train. The valley is nestled high in the Japanese Alps and enjoys some of the best powder in the ...

Switzerland's Ueli Kestenholz won bronze in the sport's inaugural Olympic event, the giant slalom at Nagano in 1998.

AUTHORITIES. BRITTANY: A SKIER BASED IN THE TAHOE BASIN HAS DIED IN AN AVALANCHE IN JAPAN. KYLE SMAINE, AND FOUR OTHER PEOPLE, WERE CAUGHT IN AVALANCHE WHILE SKIING IN NAGANO. SMAINE AND ANOTHER MAN ...

TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The popularity of Japan's crisp powder snow among foreign skiers, surging back into the country, is luring more to seek the thrill of pristine backcountry slopes - sometimes ...

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 ...