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American professional skier Kyle Smaine was believed to have died Sunday after he was caught in an avalanche triggered near a ski resort in the backcountry of central Japan. Five foreign skiers ...

Police in Nagano Prefecture said the two were among five foreign skiers caught by the avalanche on the eastern slope of Mount Hakuba Norikura, where the group was backcountry skiing.

Following the recent rescue of three Israelis from Mount Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture, I, having lived in Japan for six years, want to share some mandatory etiquette guidelines to ensure a ...

Three Israeli snowboarders who were trapped on Mount Hakuba in Japan and suffering hypothermia were safely rescued on Tuesday morning. The three were rescued by a Japanese rescue team, and met the ...

The three Israelis stranded on Mount Hakuba in northern Japan have been successfully rescued.The Embassy of Israel in Japan worked closely with the Japanese police and rescue teams, whose ...

He was 31 years old. Police confirmed to Reuters that the two men who died were among five caught in the avalanche while backcountry skiing on Mount Hakuba Norikura in the Nagano prefecture ...

Kyle Smaine, 31, was one of five foreign skiers who were caught in the avalanche on Mount Hakuba Norikura in Nagano Prefecture on Japan's Honshu Island, a Nagano police spokesman said, according ...

Mount Hakuba-Norikuradake is just one of several Japanese mountains that provide ideal conditions for backcountry skiing and snowboarding. But these scenic and unpatrolled areas, which lure winter ...

The 31-year-old was one of two skiers killed on the east slope of Mount Hakuba Norikura in Japan, with his father, William Smaine, confirming the tragic news to NBC News on Monday. Smaine won the ...