For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...

Up until the mid-Meiji Era (1868-1912), all children’s songs were written in a formal style, making them difficult to sing. Wondering how to make them easier and more fun, Kume Higashi (1877 ...

UONUMA, Japan >> More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city on Feb. 9, in what the local weather bureau called the coldest air this winter to ...