If we could, we’d list just about every prefecture and city in Japan as a must-visit for food-lovers. From snowy Hokkaido to tropical Okinawa, there is enormous diversity in the ingredients and dishes ...

This mountain city is known as the training site for Aoyama Gakuin University, a powerhouse in the annual New Year’s Hakone ...

Thank you for following our live updates on the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck off the north of Japan. Its epicentre was in the Pacific Ocean and was 10km deep, the Japan Meteorological Agency ...

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region Monday afternoon, April 20, triggering a tsunami warning of up to three meters for Hokkaido, Aomori, and Iwate. The footage ...

NIIGATA, Japan -- Along the Sea of Japan a couple of hours northwest of Tokyo by shinkansen train lies Niigata prefecture. There in the city of Myoko stands Mount Myoko, where a domestic skiing boom ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. File. People ski in Myoko Kogen, Japan, on 23 December 2023 (Getty) A 27-year-old Australian man died after suffering a sudden ...

A 27-year-old Australian man died after suffering a sudden medical episode while skiing in Japan’s Hokkaido region. Michael “Micky” Hurst from Melbourne was skiing on Monday afternoon in backcountry ...