Three winters from now, Japan's snowy Myoko highlands will be home to a $1.4 billion mega-resort built by a Singaporean fund, ...

In the 24 hours through Tuesday evening, up to 70 centimeters of snowfall is expected for the Tohoku and Hokuriku regions and Niigata Prefecture, 50 centimeters for the Kanto-Koshin region and ...

The restart of the reactor is expected to boost power utility' earnings by around ¥100 billion ($672 million) per year.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) said it plans to restart a reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP in Niigata ...

TAINAI, Niigata Prefecture--As a young jockey, Masafumi Matsubara was astonished to learn that many racehorses are put down after retirement since there are few places in Japan where they can ...

Temperatures are expected to rise across Japan through the weekend, reaching levels normally seen in April and May. Large ...

The All Japan Nishikigoi Show is one of the world's most prestigious koi competitions, where breeders and collectors from ...

UONUMA, Japan >> More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city on Feb. 9, ...