Three elderly people died in Yamagata Prefecture between Dec. 18 and 19 as they toiled to remove snow after heavy snowfall blanketed northeastern Japan along the Sea of Japan, according to ...

Yamagata Prefecture; and 1.38 meters in Aomori City. The agency added that up to 15 centimeters of snow may still fall in the Kinki region of western Japan by Tuesday afternoon.

The figures were as of 10 a.m. on Feb. 8, according to the Fire and Disaster ... Shiga Prefecture due to heavy snow. Difficulties in clearing snow along the Yamagata Shinkansen Line in eastern ...

As of 5 a.m. on Monday, snow was 5.01 meters deep in the Sukayu area of Aomori Prefecture; 3.84 meters deep in Uonuma City, Niigata Prefecture; 3.32 meters in Ohkura Village, Yamagata Prefecture ...