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 ...

The 256-Mile Trans Japan Alps Race Is Hard. Earning a Spot Is Downright Brutal ...

I had finally entered the Japan Alps. Waiting for me inside the station was Mayumi, a petite and effervescent young woman, and her huband, Hidekazu, a stocky, be spectacled, softly lumbering young ...

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE: UAVS), a leading provider of advanced drone and aerial imaging solutions, today announced the sale of a RedEdge-P ™ Dual to Shizuoka University for researchers ...

OKAYA, Japan — Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in the ...

How to see the wild side of Japan Beyond the bustling streets of Japan's inner-city metropolis' lies a variety of dramatic, ever-changing landscapes. From sinuous jungles and white-sand beaches to ...

The inclusion of women plays an important role in the survival of the Japanese sake industry, which has seen a steady decline since its peak in the 1970s.

For decades, Shimizu kept his past hidden, not even telling his wife or the two daughters they raised together in a quiet corner of the Japanese Alps. But now, at 94, he is not remaining silent.

Nagano is home to the Japanese Alps, which consist of three mountain ranges across the prefecture. In fact, 15 of the 23 mountains in Japan that are 9,800 feet or so high are found in Nagano.