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

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures and ...

Obihiro City has seen the highest fresh accumulation of snow over a 12-hour period since Japan started taking statistics. 120 centimeters was recorded overnight Monday through Tuesday morning.

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 ...

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 windstorms and snow to areas along the Pacific in Hokkaido.

Tokyo, March 19 (Jiji Press)--Researchers found global warming helped bring extraordinarily heavy snowfall to the Tokachi region of Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, and wide areas along the Sea of ...

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 ...

Japan’s major stories in February 2025 included the breakdown of merger talks between Honda and Nissan, heavy snow across much of the country, and a wildfire in Iwate Prefecture. Southeastern ...