While the country is having a banner ski season, exceptionally heavy snowfall has created challenges for resort workers.

In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known for its world-class ski resorts. But while the area's mountains are undeniably magnetic - they were the stage for ...

This ski resort has a long history and a wide variety of courses. Its quality of snow is good,” said a 71-year-old resident of Matsumoto, Nagano prefecture, of the Mt. Norikura Snow Resort in ...

NAGANO—An English-language video and online ... These areas, however, are not part of a ski resort and are thus not patrolled. Injured or lost backcountry skiers can find themselves stranded ...

PCG then acquired the Madarao Mountain Resort, a ski area straddling the cities of Myoko and Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture. Last November, it was learned that PCG had bought the Myoko Suginohara ski ...

The 31-year-old American was one of two men killed in the slide in the central prefecture of Nagano on January 29. It happened in an unpatrolled area near a ski resort in the village of Otari.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)— HungKuang University in Taichung now offers students a six-day snowboarding program in Japan to improve their skills on the slopes.

TOKYO: Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some of the deepest, lightest powder around. A winter of exceptionally ...

The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower around us, beckoning us to their slopes. In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known ...