The Environment Ministry plans to release crested ibises next year in central Japan's earthquake-hit Noto region to ...

This central Japan city famed for its jade stones is set to ask people to refrain from taking the prized mineral formations ...

Heavy snow has led to 12 deaths in Japan since Feb. 4, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday. By prefecture, ...

Eight people have died and 54 others have been injured in a series of accidents during snow removal work across Japan since ...

Record-breaking snowfall across Hokkaido and Sea of Japan coastal areas of Honshu on Feb. 8 brought traffic and train ...

The body of a 98-year-old man was found covered in snow on the ground beneath the eaves of a shed on his property in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, on Thursday. Police said Nobuchika Higuchi, who ...

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 ...

At least eight people have died and 54 injured since Feb. 4 from accidents related to snow removal work across Japan due to ...

A strong cold wave continued to sweep across Japan on Friday, February 7, bringing heavy snow to a wide area, mainly along the Sea of Japan coast, throughout the weekend. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: ...

A 73-year-old man died Sunday after he fell off the roof of a vacant house while removing snow in Uonuma City, Niigata Prefecture. According to police, Gunji Ichiyama and three other people were ...