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In the heart of the Japanese mountains, the villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama are home to treasures of traditional Japanese architecture: thatched cottages with sloping roofs, designed to ...

Over 175 years ago, an alpinist monk wandered the Japanese Alps, making first ascents and establishing routes as he went. Watch as four athletes ...

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – A search is underway for a Navy civilian who went missing Monday while skiing the Japanese Alps at a Nagano winter resort. Friends and family of Mathew Healy, a physicians ...

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