snow blanketed--is this fairyland for real? These were my thoughts upon seeing for the first time decades ago a photograph of Shirakawago on a Japanese wall calendar. In a remote corner of Japan ...

An NHK weather map broadcast on Monday shows a cold air mass expected to impact Japan. In the 24 hours through Wednesday evening, 70 centimeters of snow could fall in the Tohoku and Hokuriku ...

Snow has caused chaos for people in Yuzawa in Japan's Niigata prefecture, which has been blanketed by heavy snow as a cold front set in. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy snow ...

The Pacific side of eastern Japan, where it rarely snows, will also see heavy snowfall in mainly inland areas on Feb. 19. That side of the country can expect to see snow pile up even in lower ...

extending a record for no snow in October, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. On Wednesday, the peak's snowcap remained bare, with high temperatures measuring in the 60s (Fahrenheit ...