The capital city of Nagano prefecture, it grew from the town built around Zenkoji, one of Japan's most revered Buddhist temples. Founded in the 7th century, the temple holds what is rumoured to be ...

At around 8:05 p.m. on Jan. 22, police received an emergency call that people had been stabbed near the bus rotary at the Zenkoji Exit of JR Nagano Station. Hiroyoshi Maruyama, a 49-year-old ...

NAGANO--A man was arrested on suspicion of stealing a sacred statue at the Zenkoji temple here, which has been revered for more than 300 years and earned a three-star recommendation from the ...

On the evening of Jan 22, police were summoned to the bus rotary at the Zenkoji Exit of JR Nagano Station, where three people had been stabbed. Hiroyoshi Maruyama, a 49-year-old company employee in ...