AOMORI -- Record snowfall has hit the Tsugaru region of northern Japan's Aomori Prefecture, with snow reaching over 4.3 meters deep in one area. The snow was brought by a cold air mass with ...

The JR Tsugaru Line was closed between Aomori ... but also to the Shikoku and Kyushu regions in western Japan. “Toward the weekend, snow could fall where it normally does not,” an agency ...

According to the agency, the amount of snowfall in the 24 hours up to 6am on Feb 4 is expected to be 50cm in Hokkaido, 40cm in Hokuriku (including Niigata prefecture), 30cm in Tohoku, 25cm in ...