Authorities in Japan’s Nagano prefecture are on high alert after a bear attacked three people in Iyama, leaving two seriously injured. The animal entered residential properties, broke through ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...

Three people have been attacked by a bear in their residences in Iyama, Nagano Prefecture, with two of them suffering serious injuries, according to media reports. Local police and other ...

Police said there was another avalanche in the Central Japan Alps in Komagane, Nagano Prefecture. It struck near the Senjojiki Cirque, at about 2,680 meters in elevation, around 9 a.m. on March 14.

The Japan News also reported that in Matsumoto, Nagano, about 4,000 cherry trees were seen at their peak on Saturday (April 12) on an ancient tomb against a view of the snow-capped Northern Alps ...

A wildfire burns in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on March 23, 2025. (Kyodo) MATSUYAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Wildfires broke out Sunday in mountainous areas of two western Japan prefectures ...