Heavy snow is forecast for eastern Japan and mountainous areas on the Sea of Japan side of western Japan through Dec. 29. The Japan Meteorological Agency cited a winter pressure pattern and a ...

You've heard of lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes. Check out what a larger sea and bitter cold air helped to generate in ...

A snow plough train cleared tracks in Japan. Footage shows the locomotor removing accumulated snow on the railway road at Kashiwa-no Koukoumae Station in Hirakawa, Aomori Prefecture on December 23.

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...

Four feet of snow had fallen on Japan’s main northern island as of Tuesday, and more snow is expected through Wednesday. It’s caused disruptions for schools, airports, postal services and more. Host ...

In December, the amount of snowfall was 38 percent of the average for that time of year in northern Japan and 26 percent in eastern Japan. Western Japan saw no snow at all. Northern and western ...