Japan's weather agency said an earthquake that rattled small islands in the country's southwest on Saturday was in no way ...

AOMORI, Japan -- The sun and the wind are the two natural phenomena most often harnessed for renewable energy, but one city in northern Japan believes it can tap an overlooked resource that it has ...

Japan’s Ski Slopes Have Too Much of a Good Thing: Snow While the country is having a banner ski season, exceptionally heavy snowfall has created challenges for resort workers.

Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest snowless period in 130 years.

Heavy snow blanketed wide swathes of Japan on Wednesday, snarling traffic, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations, disrupting train travel and leaving at least one person dead.

Heavy snow in large swaths of Japan has killed 17 and injured more than 90 people and left hundreds of homes without power.

A city in Japan has found a way to cool the vast servers that support the global digital economy without fueling the climate crisis.

While parts of the northeastern United States were getting buried by more than three feet (or around a meter) of snow this week, the high terrain of Japan dealt with about twice that much. Extreme ...

Blizzards pummel Japan’s northern city of Aomori yearly, making it one of the snowiest major cities on the planet – and a fantastic travel destination for deep-powder seekers.

The snowiest city in the world, with an average of 26 feet — or eight meters — of snowfall every year, is Aomori City in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. For comparison, the average snowfall in ...

As much as 125 feet of snow falls on this mountain each year — around 1,500 inches. It is the snowiest place in Japan and probably one of the snowiest places on Earth.