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.

MATSUMOTO, Nagano -- A total of 262 people, including tourists, were isolated in Nagano Prefecture after trees apparently toppled by the weight of gla. ... Hundreds stranded at resorts in Nagano.

NAGANO -- Six male skiers from Finland were rescued by helicopter from a ravine at Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort in Nagano Prefecture on Jan. 13, after becoming stranded the previous day.

SA: We expect visitors from the U.S. to be drawn to Nagano more as a mountain resort destination. In the past six months, more than 40,000 people from the United States visited Nagano, which is an ...

Item 1 of 2 Rescue workers ride a gondola at a ski resort as they take part in a search for missing skiers following an avalanche the previous day, in the village of Otari in Nagano Prefecture ...

Two men were confirmed to have died in a backcountry accident near a ski resort in Nagano Prefecture, police said Monday, a day after the pair were caught in an avalanche.

TOKYO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Three foreign tourists were rescued after being caught in an avalanche on Sunday at a ski resort in Otari village of Japan's Nagano prefecture, local media reported.

A ski resort in Nagano Prefecture will ask three snowboarders who became lost and spent Monday night in the mountains near Nozawa Onsen ski resort, to pay for the cost of their rescue. On Monday ...

A serious earthquake has shaken the Japanese city that hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics. The magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Nagano at 10 pm local time yesterday, leveling 37 homes and injuring 39 ...

KARUIZAWA, NAGANO PREF. – The Nagano Prefecture resort town of Karuizawa has long been associated with green, natural energy. Nestled in the mountains, Karuizawa has long attracted both Japanese ...

Three foreign tourists were rescued after being caught in an avalanche on Sunday at a ski resort in Otari village of Japan's Nagano prefecture, local media reported. The accident took place at ...