Heavy snow in northern Japan has blocked roads and caused dozens of deaths nationwide. As of Wednesday, 15 prefectures have been affected, with snow reaching up to 6.5 feet in some areas.

Countries around the globe have struggled with the effects of record-setting snow.

Heavy snow has piled up in parts of the region, triggering injuries and deaths and prompting officials to mobilize resources as more cold and snow loom.

Snowfall in parts of Japan has also left about 200 people injured. One city recorded 72 inches of snow, the highest in almost 40 years.

Heavy snow covered parts of northern Japan on Wednesday, February 4, as forecasters warned of blizzard conditions still to ...

AT least 46 people have died after weeks of relentless snowfall buried towns, smashed transport links and sent deadly ice ...

Persistent snowfall since late January has heavily impacted northern regions, burying communities and causing major transport disruption, ...

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 ...

TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Soldiers and swarms of snow plows battled in Japan on Tuesday to clear record-breaking snowfalls ...

Japan Meteorological Agency expects extremely unstable atmospheric conditions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

As of Wednesday, 15 prefectures have been affected, with snow reaching up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) in worst-hit areas. The unusually heavy snowfall is largely due to a cold air mass from the Arctic that ...