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 ...

The macaque, or snow monkey, is familiar to any Netflix subscriber — the animals are featured on programs like “Wild Babies” and “Night on Earth.” A firsthand, up-close encounter with these iconic ...

Tokyo — Three people were killed Thursday, including two police officers, in a shooting and stabbing attack in Japan's central Nagano region, according to public broadcaster NHK and other Japanese ...

A quarter of a century after hosting the Olympic Winter Games in 1998, Nagano is a confident winter sports hub, famous for boosting the country’s snow sports industry, modernising transport links and ...

The XVIII Winter Olympics opened when a shirtless 516-pound sumo wrestler purified the stadium with thunderous foot stomps and a 90-pound figure skater wearing a kimono delicately touched the torch to ...

“Japow Season” is a powder skier’s favourite time of year: the six-to eight-week window from Christmas to mid-February where moisture-laden clouds from the Sea of Japan clash with frigid Siberian air, ...