While the country is having a banner ski season, exceptionally heavy snowfall has created challenges for resort workers.

MATSUMOTO, Japan >> As the number of domestic skiers and snowboarders declines significantly, many ski resorts in Japan are ...

By Tim Kelly, Kentaro Okasaka and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese electronics giant Sony and drinks maker Suntory are ...

Alps Alpine is undergoing a delicate restructuring, while balancing customer retention and growth opportunities. Click here ...

Ski resorts are one after another being forced to shut down due to financial difficulties caused by declining visitor numbers ...

The Hakuba Valley is a collection of 10 separate ski resorts in the rugged Japanese Alps close to Nagano. None of the resorts are huge but they share a lift pass (including now the Epic Pass from ...

The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower around us, beckoning us to their slopes. In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known ...

Backroads offers an eight-day Japan Walking & Hiking Tour, which runs from the Japan Alps to Kyoto, packing in temples, historic mountain villages and Kamikochi National Park, one of the country's ...