Weather officials in Japan say yellow sand from China's desert regions has reached the Japanese archipelago. Our site uses ...

Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan, host to a Sanrio character theme park, plans to temporarily pitch its airport as "Hello Kitty Airport" in hopes of luring tourists visiting the country for the ...

A memorial service for chickens was held recently in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture, which promotes itself as the “holy land of ...

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

Three winters from now, Japan's snowy Myoko highlands will be home to a $1.4 billion mega-resort built by a Singaporean fund, with hotels charging some $1,350 a night. Nyima Pratten has more.

TOKYO – Researchers have found that global warming contributed to the unusually heavy snowfall that hit Japan’s Tokachi ...

From subtropical islands to chilled-out ski resorts, there are so many places in Japan that don't suffer from the overtourism ...

The final two rides of this chilly winter trip takes us east from Kumamoto, through the massive Aso Volcano crater, ...

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It took two long days of competition to determine the first Snow League winners — in this case, Japan’s Sena Tomita and Yuto Totsuka — and athletes weren’t shy about admitting how tired they were by ...

TOKYO - Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some of the deepest, lightest powder around. A winter of exceptionally heavy snow – some areas had more than 3.65m of snowpack this past week ...