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Deer surveyed at World Heritage site in north Japan

AKITA, Japan - Japanese wildlife ecology expert Shinichi Horino takes a photo in the Shirakami-Sanchi wilderness area, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Happo, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2014, to record the trails of Japanese wild deer, previously foreign to the region.

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Expert surveys deer at World Heritage site in Japan

AKITA, Japan - Japanese wildlife ecology expert Shinichi Horino looks for trails of Japanese wild deer in the Shirakami-Sanchi wilderness area, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Happo, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2014. Previously, the animal was foreign to the region.

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Maier cheered

Hermann Maier of Austria responds to the cheers of the audience at the Happo-One slope in the central Japan city of Hakuba after bouncing back to win the Nagano Olympic men's super giant slalom event Feb. 16.

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Seizinger wins women's downhill

Katja Seizinger of Germany leaps to win the Nagano Olympic women's downhill gold medal at the Happo-One slope in the central Japan city of Hakuba on Feb. 16. Seizinger was the first person to win consecutive Olympic downhill gold medals.

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Super Mario marches off with combined

Austria's Mario Reiter negotiates a turn in the downhill section of the Olympic Alpine skiing men's combined on Feb. 13 at Happo-one, Hakuba, Central Japan. Reiter's sixth place in the downhill was good enough for the gold medal after his dazzling slalom run on Feb. 10.

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Reiter leads first leg of Alpine combined

Austrian slalom specialist Mario Reiter takes the lead after the first run of the Nagano Olympic men's Alpine combined event Feb. 10. Reiter clocked 47.37 seconds over the 55-gate Happo-one course in Hakuba, followed by Lasse Kjus of Norway in 48.09.

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Olympic workers struggle to remove heavy snow

Workers for the Nagano Olympic Winter Games struggle to remove heavy snow fallen on the course of the men's Alpine combined slalom on Feb. 10 at Happo-one in the village of Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, hours before the start of the competition.

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Official practice runs begin

Official practices for the men's downhill, alpine skiing's showcase event at the Nagano Olympic Winter Games, begin Feb. 5 on the Happo-one slope in the ski resort village of Hakuba in central Japan.

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Downhill skiers complete official practice

Against the backdrop of clear blue skies, competitors in the men's downhill skiing at the Nagano Olympics complete practice on the Happo-one slope in Hakuba on Feb. 5.

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Top hills of Happo-One piste

The photo shows the top hills of the Happo-One piste in the ski resort village of Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, the site of the men's downhill course in the Nagano Winter Olympics next February. Olympic organizers gave the green light Dec. 1 to raising the starting point of the course from 1,680 to 1,765 meters above sea level.

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Happo-One Ridge

The Happo-One Ridge. Alpine Ski events of Nagano Winter Olympics will be held here. (Picture taken on January 31, 1997)

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Gov't says information on N. Korean rocket launch was incorrect

AKITA, Japan - The screen of a cellular phone belonging to an official of the Happo town office in Akita Prefecture shows a message released by the Akita prefectural government erroneously reporting a North Korean rocket launch. Later, the central government made a similar mistaken announcement and withdrew it. It cited an error in the information-relaying system called Em-Net. (Kyodo)

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Expert surveys deer at World Heritage site in Japan

AKITA, Japan - Japanese wildlife ecology expert Shinichi Horino looks for trails of Japanese wild deer in the Shirakami-Sanchi wilderness area, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Happo, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2014. Previously, the animal was foreign to the region. (Kyodo)