While the country is having a banner ski season, exceptionally heavy snowfall has created challenges for resort workers.

Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some of the deepest, lightest powder around. A winter of exceptionally heavy snow -- some areas had more than 12 feet of snowpack this past week -- should be ...

Winter in Hokkaido comes with meters of snow, literally.

f9photos/Alamy Stock Photo China’s iconic giant pandas are something of a conservation success ... Bison take advantage of the warm ground and thin snow cover. Black and grizzly bears come for the ...

Hokkaido’s thermal springs are a haven for ... Elsewhere in Japan, bats hibernate beneath snow, while red foxes and sea eagles compete for food. In Arctic Russia, polar bears wait on isolated ...

Cat-themed art works, including one giant piece, are on display at the Hyper Museum Hanno, which opened Saturday in Hanno, ...

Pro-Palestinian activists said Saturday they have vandalized one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s golf resorts in Scotland in ...

Heavy snow forced flight cancellations at an airport in Hokkaido, Japan. Footage shows the blizzard battering the New Chitose International Airport, blanketing the runway in thick ice on1. Local media ...

Dog sleds have raced through a snow-covered field in the city of Fukagawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Twenty teams with a total of about 60 dogs from Hokkaido and other prefectures took part in ...