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 go, stay and eat. By Finn-Olaf Jones Unlike the high jinks and ...

TOKYO -- Ski lift ticket prices across Japan are climbing as resorts grapple with labor shortages and aging infrastructure. Over the past three years, the average price for a one-day adult lift ...

HARBIN, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan bagged both alpine skiing gold medals after Takayuki Koyama won the men's slalom at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Yabuli on Sunday. In the first run, Koyama finished ...

For the first Banyan Tree hotel in Japan, the international hospitality group could not have chosen a better ... is heavily featured on the seasonal menu. Complement a ski trip to Hokkaido with a ...

My third trip to Hakuba Japan for powder skiing. This time I got the privilege to go skiing with 11 friends! We were staying in Hakuba for 10 days and we were skiing powder almost every day! Hakuba is ...

Japan's Rino Yanagimoto competes in the women's dual moguls during a freestyle ski World Cup event in Waterville, Maine, on Jan. 25, 2025. (Photo courtesy of rudi ...

Japan's leading freestyle skier in women's moguls ... "Rather than comparing myself with other skiers, I've started to focus more on my own skiing and feelings," said Yanagimoto, who matched her best ...

Andrew Urlaub had to head east to get on the World Cup ski jumping scoreboard. The 23-year old Flying Eagle took advantage of a strong opening jump to get into the points by finishing 30th after he ...

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A record influx of overseas visitors has descended on the famed Niseko ski resort on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, driving food and other costs to exorbitant heights, to the concern of ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...