As a taxi driver escorted three Australians into JR Yuzawa Station's tourist information center here, an employee was hit ...

Heavy snowfall is expected to continue through the early morning of Friday in eastern Japan as a strong winter pressure pattern and cold air bring int ...

Snow is falling along the Sea of Japan coast from northern to eastern Japan and is expected to intensify through Friday.

Erik Buhrow dreams of retiring in Japan. Until then, he's renting out the akiya, or abandoned home, to other Americans who ...

Japan is investing billions of yen to get carbon capture and storage off the ground, but the technology is dogged by high ...

People in a community in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, braved the cold on Tuesday night to join in a New Year ritual ...

Kind friends helped a snowboarding beginner to take the perfect money shot - without him even moving. Footage shows the playful tourists helping their extreme sports newbie to stage the action picture ...

Tsunan Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tsunan Town, Niigata Prefecture; CEO: Kengo Suzuki) will participate in Niigata Sake no Jin 2025, a sake-themed event held at the Toki Messe Convention ...

Japan intensified its scientific efforts to survey active faults and publicly disseminate seismic risk information in the ...

Japan’s food is famous everywhere, but the country’s drinks culture is a bit of a hidden gem. There’s a whole world here ...

In Uonuma City of Niigata Prefecture, which is about four-hour drive from Japan's capital city Tokyo, snow depths have reached 20 centimeters on vehicles and rooftops on Thursday. In some areas ...

With more than 36 million tourists visiting Japan in 2024, the country is aiming to double that figure in 2025.