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 ...

TOKYO – Researchers have found that global warming contributed to the unusually heavy snowfall that hit Japan’s Tokachi ...

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 ...

Other causes of death include avalanches and falls into deep, loose snow around big trees. In Japan, the northern island of Hokkaido had reported 28 cases of people being stranded in the mountains ...

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 ...

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 ...