Watch the magical moment a tiny Siberian flying squirrel soars through the air in this brilliant clip. Elena Egorov, a snowboard and ski instructor from Queensland, Australia, finally managed to ...

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FIS World Championships After the athletes and spectators witness Japan dominate in the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Freeski and Snowboard ...

HOKKAIDO – The first man slips on a bright green frog hat and, one by one, the rest of the five middle-aged singers follow suit. Then it begins: He croaks out a low baritone tune, the next man ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...