TOKYO - Shinkansen bullet train services in Japan have been suspended or delayed due to heavy snow on Feb 8 morning. According to East Japan Railway, Joetsu Shinkansen services were suspended ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Heavy snow continued to fall in some parts of Japan on Thursday due to the strongest cold air mass of the season, especially in the Tohoku northeastern region and the ...

mainly on the Sea of Japan side, after snow covered several municipalities on Feb. 6. More than 60 centimeters of snow has fallen over a 24-hour period in some parts of the Hokuriku region.

U.S. Navy sailors carved a replica of an F-35C Lightning II for their entry in the 75th annual Sapporo Snow Festival on Japan’s northernmost ... launches — for photos with the sculpture ...

TOKYO -- Due to the coldest wave of the season, the Japanese archipelago experienced heavy snow mainly on the Sea of Japan coast Feb. 6. Snow accumulation is likely to continue to increase in many ...

While the peak of heavy snowfall has passed in western Japan and the Kanto-Koshin region, intermittent snow is expected to continue in northern and eastern Japan, particularly on the Sea of Japan ...

The Sapporo Snow Festival started on February 4 in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It is a famous Japanese festival celebrating snow and ice. At Odori Park in Sapporo, 126 statues made by packing snow are ...

Snow has been falling along the Sea of Japan coast and in the mountainous regions due to a strong cold air mass and a winter pressure pattern. Weather officials say the snowfall has passed its ...

One person has died and four more have been seriously injured due to heavy snow in parts of Japan, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. A powerful cold air mass, the strongest of ...

The strongest cold air mass of the season has intensified snow in many parts of Japan. Record snowfalls were observed in areas along the Sea of Japan coast, as well as the Pacific side ...

People walk in a street covered with snow following heavy snowfall in Obihiro, Japan, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE Television footage showed residents shoveling snow and passengers pushing vehicles that ...

STORY: :: Heavy snow blankets parts of Japan, disrupting air and ground traffic :: February 8, 2025 :: Minamiuonuma, Japan The strongest cold front of the season dumped snow along the coast of Sea of ...