The highly publicized early evening incident in front of JR Nagano Station on Jan. 22 left city resident Hiroyoshi Maruyama dead and two others injured. The autopsy on the 49-year-old company ...

NAKANO, Nagano Prefecture—Residents in this normally quiet mountainous city were trying to return to a sense of normalcy on May 26 after being shaken and terrified by a deadly assault and a ...

Between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on December 2, 2023, Yuma Sakanaka allegedly took obscene photos of the girl, then 16, with ...

Despite being nestled in the mountains, the complex is reachable by bus from Nagano City. In winter, the bus only goes to Chusha, the middle shrine, meaning the last two kilometres to the upper ...

On March 15, 2025, Prime Minister Ishiba visited Nagano Prefecture. The Prime Minister saw exhibits in front of the hub for ...

The Japanese tea room teaches traditional Chanoyu tea rituals, passed down by Samurai, in the heart of the city.

A 9-year-old girl sustained serious injuries after being hit by a skier at a ski resort in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture, on Sunday. According to police, the incident occurred at the Saku Ski Garden ...

SUWA, Nagano -- A natural phenomenon called "Omiwatari," in which ice forming on the surface of Lake Suwa in Nagano ...

On the evening of Jan 22, police were summoned to the bus rotary at the Zenkoji Exit of JR Nagano Station, where three people had been stabbed. Hiroyoshi Maruyama, a 49-year-old company employee in ...

TOKYO, March 14 (Xinhua) -- A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces (GSDF) has been killed during a training exercise in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, the GSDF said Friday.