As of Wednesday, 15 prefectures have been affected, with snow reaching up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) in worst-hit areas. The unusually heavy snowfall is largely due to a cold air mass from the Arctic that ...

Snowfall in parts of Japan has also left about 200 people injured. One city recorded 72 inches of snow, the highest in almost 40 years.

AT least 46 people have died after weeks of relentless snowfall buried towns, smashed transport links and sent deadly ice ...

Northern Japan, especially the island of Hokkaido, is home to some of the snowiest cities in the world. Sapporo, the island's ...

Twelve of the snow-related fatalities were reported in Niigata prefecture, a rice-growing region in northern Japan, including a man who was found collapsed on the roof of his home in Uonuma city on ...

Unusually heavy snow killed at least 30 people in Japan in the past two weeks, officials said on Tuesday, as the government deployed troops to help clear huge drifts that left residents in the country ...

Heavy snowfall across Japan since January 20 has left at least 45 people dead and 500 injured nationwide. View on euronews ...

TOKYO, Feb 18, (Xinhua): Three men were buried under snow in northern Japan on Wednesday before being rescued, with one of them, likely in his 60s, unconscious, local media reported.

Three men were buried under snow in northern Japan on Wednesday before being rescued, with one of them, likely in his 60s, ...

In Yukiguni, there's so much snow it's used as an ingredient.

The central government has deployed troops to help residents in Aomori, the heaviest-hit region. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.