Hakuba Valley, in Nagano Prefecture, has Olympic-level skiing, onsens, and stunning alpine views—all for under $70 a day, just a few hours from Tokyo.

A study to see how moss would fare in the extreme environment of space has left scientists “genuinely astonished” after the ...

Hokkaido has long been one of Japan’s major agricultural regions. Today, the northern island known for dairy farms, ski ...

Facing closure with only nine new enrollees, the town-run Niseko High School here has remarkably turned its fortunes around in jus･･･ ...

So, they sent some sporophytes to the ISS. Astronauts affixed the samples to the station's exterior, where they remained for ...

Rental Family,” a moving drama from Searchlight Pictures starring Brendan Fraser, is sure to spark interest in Japan’s real-life industry.

Spores of moss reportedly survived its nearly a year outside experience in space on the International Space Station and returned back to Earth alive.

Common moss spores survived nine months bolted to the outside of the International Space Station, paving the way toward space ...

Across Japan, police officers will be authorised to shoot bears, while more cage traps and electric fences will be set up ...

The Nuxalk Nation Chief and Council said there is "an aggressive bear in the area" and warned people not to go looking for it ...

Astronauts strapped moss spores to the outside of the International Space Station for nine months - and most of them survived the challenging experience ...

To see, Fujita’s team turned to Physcomitrium patens, a well-studied species moss commonly called spreading earthmoss. They ...