Nagano, Japan may be known as the site of the 1998 Winter Olympics, but the destination offers seemingly endless opportunities to enjoy year-round nature activities, as well as to go back in time ...

Tokyo — Three people were killed Thursday, including two police officers, in a shooting and stabbing attack in Japan's central Nagano region, according to public broadcaster NHK and other Japanese ...

The XVIII Winter Olympics opened when a shirtless 516-pound sumo wrestler purified the stadium with thunderous foot stomps and a 90-pound figure skater wearing a kimono delicately touched the torch to ...

An outdoor wonderland in the middle of country and on the skirt tails of the Japanese Alps, it's easy to see why Nagano is known as the Roof of Japan. Here, some of the largest mountains in the ...