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Japan ski paradise faces strains of global acclaim

Beneath the powder snow at internationally popular Japanese ski resort Niseko, anxiety is mounting among residents over ...
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Japan's Tomita and Totsuka win inaugural Snow League Snowboard World Championships

Japan's Sena Tomita and Yuto Totsuka became the inaugural Snow League Snowboard World Champions on Saturday (March 21), after ...
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Japan extends its snowboard power to big air with a 1-2 Olympic finish

LIVIGNO, Italy(AP) — That ever-growing bench of Japanese snowboarders runs deep. Jumps very high, too. The country that has steadily been asserting mastery over the halfpipe took that show to the ...

This powder paradise in Japan is a magnet for tourists. Locals say the party is getting out of hand

Sitting in the Japanese Alps outside the city of Nagano, Hakuba Valley has become a global ski destination known for ...