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

Large parts of Japan especially along the Sea of Japan coast remain in the grips of a strong winter pressure pattern that is dumping heavy snow. A heavy snow alert is issued for Tottori and Fukui ...

Drone images revealed the port of Rausu, in the Sea of Okhotsk, completely blocked by a layer of ice after weeks of extreme ...

The public is urged to be on the alert for the traffic disruptions as heavy snow is in the forecast again for eastern to western Japan between Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, mainly along the Sea of Japan coast.

Heavy snowfall claims 30 lives in Japan and threatens to disrupt impending election - Hundreds of people injured in ...

Unprecedented snowfall across large parts of Japan has caused homes to collapse, disrupted daily life and contributed to at least 30 to 35 deaths nationwide over the past two weeks, according to ...

A strong winter pressure pattern and a cold air mass are causing snow to intensify across northern and western Japan on Friday, mainly along the Sea of Japan coast.

This winter shattered norms: January and February storms dumped over 2 meters in Aomori on Honshu, just south of Hokkaido, triggering chaos.

Japan has recorded its highest January snow depth in Aomori since 1945, reaching a staggering 167 centimetres. There is an ...