With forecasts pointing to above-average snowfall, ski insiders say Japan—especially Hakuba and Hokkaido—offers some of the ...

A five-year-old boy in Japan has died while on a ski holiday with his family after his arm caught on a travelator. On Sunday morning Hinata Goto was about to step off the travelator at a Hokkaido ...

Japan is a country shaped by seasons and traditions. Each time of year offers a distinct set of experiences that influence ...

If skiing or snowboarding is your thing, Fujiten Snow Resort at the base of Japan’s most famous mountain is just over an hour’s drive from U.S. bases in metro Tokyo. Fujiten, at the first station of ...

A snowboarder described how one of the animals chased him on the piste. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Slopestyle snowboard star Jenny Jones has her heart set on Japan - and maybe you should, too. Jones shares her reasons for her love of Japan with the UK's Telegraph. Reason number one: the powder.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Japan's Ayumu Hirano soared to gold at the men's snowboard halfpipe final on Friday at the Beijing Games, while a tearful Shaun White said he was thankful for ...

ZHANGJIAKOU, China, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Japan's twice silver medallist Ayumu Hirano easily led Wednesday's snowboard halfpipe qualifiers at the Beijing Games, while American Shaun White kept his Olympic ...