For the first time in its 79-year history in Japan, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Japan Engineer District (USACE JED) opened its doors to the ...

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...

Police in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture have arrested a 34-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl on the grounds of a vacant house last September. According ...

Tokyo, Feb. 12 (Jiji Press)--Heavy snow has caused 12 casualties in Japan since Feb. 4, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday. By prefecture, three have been dead in Niigata ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People remove snow from a street in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) A ...

In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by ... are undeniably magnetic – they were the stage for the 1998 Winter Olympics – we are not here to carve through powder.

Saitama Wild Knights winger Koki Takeyama, left, scores a try during the second half of a Japan Rugby League One ... Sunday's other first-division clash, the Sagamihara Dynaboars held off a ...

Tori Koana (R) and Go Aoki of Japan compete in the curling mixed doubles final against Kim Kyeong-ae and Seong Ji-hoon of South Korea at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, northeast China's ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

TOKYO -- During winter, some experience health issues, along with thoughts like "I feel kind of depressed," "I'm sleepy even after a lot of sleep," "I gained weight from increased appetite," and ...

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, 47 inches of snowfall occurred during a 12-hour period on Monday in Obihiro, ...