Snow is being removed along a winter-closed section of the "Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line" National Route 103 that connects the ...

Giant snowdrifts have led to challenges that have dented profits and raised safety concerns. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Niseko is riding a wave of increased global popularity, supported by the opening of new fancy resorts and eateries over the ...

While the country is having a banner ski season, exceptionally heavy snowfall has created challenges for resort workers. By Kiuko Notoya and Mike Ives Kiuko Notoya reported from Tokyo. Ski resorts ...

Some parts of Tokyo and its surrounding areas are expected to be hit by heavy snowfall at the weekend, the Japanese weather ...

A Japanese government survey shows that workers had a gloomier view of the economy in February for a second straight month.

Japanese weather officials say heavy snow may fall again in mountainous areas of the Kanto-Koshin region from Tuesday evening ...

Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century ... who fled his home to stay with a relative. "It didn't rain or snow at all this year... Thank goodness it rained today though.

At 10 p.m. on the night before the Osaka Marathon, my wife Jasmin and I were about to sleep. Then we looked outside. It was ...

Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades. At least one ...

MATSUMOTO, Japan >> As the number of domestic skiers and snowboarders declines significantly, many ski resorts in Japan are ...