An avalanche occurred on the eastern slope of the Tenguhara area on Mount Hakuba-Norikuradake in Otari, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 29. Five foreign nationals were swept up in the avalanche ...

Police in Nagano Prefecture said on Tuesday they rescued ... had become unable to move while skiing off regular slopes in Otari village. The three male foreign nationals were believed to have ...

The 31-year-old American was one of two men killed in the slide in the central prefecture of Nagano on January 29. It happened in an unpatrolled area near a ski resort in the village of Otari.