NIIGATA, Japan -- Myoko Kogen, a ski area in Niigata prefecture on the Sea of Japan, is set to revive as a global resort thanks to a more than 200 billion yen ($1.36 billion) investment by an overseas ...

Six Senses, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ fast-growing Luxury & Lifestyle portfolio, has signed a hotel management agreement with Patience Capital Group (PCG) for a slopeside mountain hotel and ...

For Australians, housing prices are at record levels. To get on the property ladder, the first rung is a median house price of 937,000 Australian dollars (about ¥91 million) for a house in a capital ...

Every morning at six, the day’s first Kita-Shinano train staggers out of Nagano station and begins its 47-minute, seven-stop excursion into neighbouring Niigata. The winter snow gathers on the land in ...