NAGANO—An English-language video and online article were released here, urging tourists to take proper safety procedures if they are tempted to go backcountry skiing on the mountains of Nagano ...

NAGANO--A 46-year-old unemployed man was arrested Jan. 26 in connection with a suspected random stabbing attack outside a major rail station in central Japan that left one person dead and two others ...

Nagano is just a 90-minute shinkansen ride from central Tokyo, but for chefs in search of some of Japan’s freshest ingredients, the mountainous prefecture might as well be a world away from the ...

These winter onsen towns in Nagano are the perfect escape when the snow starts falling. #onsen #nagano #japantravel #wintervibes #relax Top business leaders issue an expletive-laced message on the ...

At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, American skier Picabo Street won gold in the women's super-G, just weeks after suffering a concussion in a high-speed crash. "That crash was a blessing in ...

The Dominik Hasek-led Czech Republic's gold medal hockey performance at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano is to Czechs what the Miracle on Ice is to Americans. “In the Czech Republic, it is one of those ...

A strong earthquake jolted Nagano Prefecture on Friday night, registering up to lower 5 on the shindo seismic scale to 7. The quake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.0, occurred at around 8:19 p.m. at ...