TOKYO (AP) — Heavy snow piling up in northern Japan in the last two weeks has blocked roads and is being blamed for dozens of deaths nationwide. As of Wednesday, 15 prefectures have been affected, ...

AT least 46 people have died after weeks of relentless snowfall buried towns, smashed transport links and sent deadly ice mounds crashing from rooftops across Japan. Fresh figures show the death ...

TOKYO (AP) — Heavy snow battering northern Japan in the last two weeks has been blamed in 35 deaths nationwide so far, including people suffering sudden heart attacks or slipping while shoveling snow, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heavy snowfall covered parts of northern Japan on Wednesday, February 4, as weather officials warned of blizzards. This footage ...

Unusually heavy snow killed at least 30 people in Japan in the past two weeks, officials said on Tuesday, as the government deployed troops to help clear huge drifts that left residents in the country ...