Nagano prefectural police detained Masanori Aoki, 31, early in the morning after he was holed up at the home of his father, Masamichi Aoki, chairman of the Nakano city assembly.

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 ...

A strong earthquake jolted Nagano Prefecture on Friday night, registering up to lower 5 on the shindo seismic scale to 7.. The quake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.0, occurred at around 8:19 p ...

One of two foreign men swept up in an avalanche in Japan while back-country skiing in the central prefecture of Nagano and found without vital signs on Monday was U.S. professional skier Kyle ...