Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...

If it felt like everyone you knew had been on holiday to Japan in 2024, it was because they probably had. According to the country’s tourism agency, a record 36.9 million people travelled to ...

In the heart of the Japanese mountains, the villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama are home to treasures of traditional ...

Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's ...

The ranges and valleys of the Swiss Alps stand out in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission in December 2024.

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

When aftershock data is available, the corresponding maps and charts include earthquakes within 100 miles and seven days of the initial quake. All times above are Japan time. Shake data is as of ...

OMACHI, Nagano Prefecture–Two missing climbers were found safe after they survived on river water for days in the Northern Japan Alps, police said. One climber, a 26-year-old from Tokyo’s ...