SENDAI--The Sendai Pageant of Starlight, a key winter event on the city’s calendar, will be held on a reduced scale this year due to a shortage of funds triggered by rising labor costs and ...

Zao’s ‘snow monsters’ loom over stunning winter landscape Restaurateur’s quest to show off Nagoya cuisine to the world Amid constant danger, workers try to build ramp into sinkhole Osaka ...

That may come as a surprise if you’ve been watching the weather over the past few months in Japan, which has had a warmer-than-usual autumn and a mild-so-far winter. However ... (盛岡), Yamagata (山形), ...