Linking mountainous Matsumoto and coastal Kanazawa, this clunkily named route includes nontheless fantastic sites.

Three regional banks in central Japan have agreed to form a cross-prefectural business partnership. The arrangement is the ...

In honor of his mother and others imprisoned at the internment camp, baseball player Dan Kwong has restored a diamond in the ...

TOKYO >> On an island off the coast of Nagasaki, ruins that seem on the verge of collapse stand clustered behind a high ...

Japan’s regional bank shares jumped on optimism for industry consolidation, with one lender looking at buying a stake in a ...

Experts blame hikers and skiers overestimating their abilities and underestimating harsh terrain and weather Japan's breathtaking, yet treacherous, mountains of Nagano Prefecture experienced an ...

It stretches from the Tokyo Vanstars to those who have played junior in the WHL up to pro in their time, such as ­five-time ...

Yoshitomi Okura, a 74-year-old mountaineer from Iida, Nagano Prefecture, advocates “eco mountaineering,” a way of climbing ...

As winter tightens its grip on Japan, a rapidly intensifying low-pressure system is causing significant snowfall and strong winds across the nation. This dramatic weather event is expected to affect ...

David Sheff was only 24 when he famously interviewed John Lennon and Yoko Ono for Playboy magazine in September of 1980. He ...

Vacation rentals in Hakuba, Japan can bring in, on average, more than $60,000 a year in revenue for short-term rental ...