In Japan, a brilliant solution to clearing snow from roads has been in place for decades, and it’s one the U.S. could certainly learn from. With snow creating hazardous driving conditions ...

AOMORI -- Snow removal work is in full swing along a stretch of a northern Japan road that becomes a "snow corridor" with ...

(Mainichi/Noriaki Kinoshita) TOKYO -- Eight people have died and 54 others have been injured in a series of accidents during snow removal work across Japan since the arrival of the coldest wave of ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency has cautioned ... Municipalities hit by heavy snowfalls are struggling to cover the expenses for snow removal, which have also hit record high levels in some ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East ... The closures were lifted in the evening after intensive snow removal. The bureau said there is an increasing possibility of precautionary road closures in ...

Heavy snow is forecast to affect Hokkaido and the regions along the Sea of Japan coast through Sunday, the Meteorological Agency said Wednesday, due to what the agency called “the strongest cold ...