The mountain ranges known as the Japanese Alps are a spectacular backdrop to our ride across Nagano Prefecture, its forests glowing with the late autumn colors. With many 3,000m peaks, Nagano is ...

The city of Nagano in northern Japan is on high alert following a fatal stabbing near its main railway station last Wednesday, which left one person dead and three others injured. Despite the ...

Ms Hiroyoshi Maruyama, a 49-year-old company employee in the city, died in the attack. Yaguchi was arrested at a housing complex in Nagano City ... the housing complex. JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS ...

Authorities in Japan say one person is dead and two others are injured after a knife attack Wednesday night outside a train station in Nagano.