Heavy snowfall affected parts of Hokkaido from the night of Monday, February 3, into Tuesday, February 4. The Pacific side of Hokkaido recorded the highest snowfall on record in the country, with ...

Record snow has buried parts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan, this week. Obihiro received 47 inches (120 cm), setting a new record for 12-hour snowfall Monday night. In the same time period ...

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Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts of the Japanese archipelago on Feb. 4, and more snow is forecast for wide areas through Feb. 6. The heavy snow is ...

Japanese weather officials say a rapidly growing low-pressure system is intensifying winds across the country, bringing ...

While the country is having a banner ski season, exceptionally heavy snowfall has created challenges for resort workers.

TOKYO (AP) — Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan 's northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures and delaying deliveries on Tuesday. The Hokkaido prefectural ...

Record snow has buried parts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan, this week. Obihiro received 47 inches (120 cm), setting a new record for 12-hour snowfall Monday night. In the same time period, Memuro ...

It shortened. In the early part of the season, that snowfall was from La Niña, then it petered out,” says Professor Tomonori Sato, a meteorological researcher from Hokkaido University.