A 50-yer-old man died after he was buried by snow while backcountry skiing in a national forest near a ski resort at Nozawa Onsen Village, Nagano Prefecture, on Monday. According to police, Norikazu ...

The mountain ranges known as the Japanese Alps are a spectacular backdrop to our ride across Nagano Prefecture, its forests glowing with the late autumn colors. With many 3,000m peaks, Nagano is ...

NAGANO--Prefectural police here say the perpetrator of an apparent random fatal stabbing attack may have spent an hour looking for victims before carrying out the crime. The highly publicized ...

When he stepped into a primeval beech forest, the dignity of the trees moved him to tears. Nicol eventually took up residence at the foot of Mount Kurohime in the Shinshu region of Nagano Prefecture.