Global warming could transform Hokkaido’s iconic powdered snow into the wet flakes found on Japan’s main island of Honshu, a study showed. Researchers from Hokkaido University and the Japan ...

The airline is launching the first nonstop service between the continental U.S. and the skiing hotspot of Sapporo, Japan.

United's new nonstop route to this winter wonderland will connect Americans directly to Japan's most famous ski resorts and ...

Hokkaido’s famed powder snow, a major draw for winter sports enthusiasts, is at risk of becoming heavier and wetter due to global warming according to a new study, potentially altering the region’s ...

Japan is the opposite of the U.S. in many ways, and not just because the mountains there are seeing above-average snowfall again this winter. On Monday night, I was talking with some friends who, in ...

HOKKAIDO, Japan -- It is every skier's dream, cutting through knee-deep powder in virgin, untracked snow. I float down the mountain smiling, whooping and bouncing from one turn to the next in a ...