Nagano Prefecture

In the sauna that was St. Louis last week, some sports looked as if they were more fun than others. The white-water kayaking slalom competition actually took place on the flume ride at the local Six Flags amusement...

The Olympic hockey tournament needs a boost from the NHL's best players

•Fox Broadcasting lost the television rights to the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, but don't bet against The Simpsons's network when it comes time to bid for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. That's the...

DancedA jiggling rendition of Swan Lake, by 323-pound sumo world champion Hokutoumi and six other tutu-clad sumo wrestlers, at the Tokyo Dome. The performance, given in front of 10,000 spectators, was part of an...

There are no good ways to get there and not many good places to go, but on winter weekends masses of Japanese skiers attack the slippery slopes