Japan has been grappling with continuous heavy snowfall in recent days, with Niigata Prefecture, located along the Sea of Japan in the Chubu region, bearing the brunt of the storm. The extreme weather ...

Olympic champion Ryoyu Kobayashi claimed his first ski jumping World Cup win in 11 months on Saturday in front of his home ...

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A powerful cold wave has brought continuous snowfall to many areas across Japan, causing casualties and wide-spread disruption to people's lives. According to the Japanese government, the ongoing ...

The Pike Place Market Foundation apologized Thursday for pulling support from a remembrance event honoring Japanese Americans ...

More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city on Sunday, in what the local weather bureau called the coldest air this winter to sweep the country.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the most prolific and popular Ukiyo-e artists in Japan. The word Ukiyo-e means ...

More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city on Sunday, in what the local ...

Two teams. Two minutes. All the snowballs you can throw. Those are the rules at the 35th annual Koide International Snowball Fight in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, where around 120 teams are ...

The number of skiers and snowboarders in Japan declined to 4.6 million in 2023 from 18.6 million in 1993 due to an increasing number of leisure activities and the declining birthrate, according to a ...

Known for its signature products, like a $60 titanium mug and a $185 water bottle, Snow Peak is aiming for a bigger slice of ...