A system of road sprinklers using geothermally heated water helps with snow and ice removal in Japan to keep citizens safe in winter.

The Japan Meteorological Agency urged people in the affected areas to think twice about going anywhere as television footage showed residents struggling to dig out cars buried deep in snow in just ...

Snow is being removed along a winter-closed section of the "Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line" National Route 103 that connects the ...

Beyond Wednesday, heavy snow is expected to continue and hit low-lying areas mainly along the Sea of Japan coast. Weather officials are warning residents of possible traffic disruptions.

Japan will face more heavy snow after a two-week whiteout, the country's weather agency said Monday, warning people to be wary of avalanches and icy roads. The country's regions facing the Sea of ...

The Japan Meteorological ... of snow had accumulated in the Sukayu district of Aomori. In Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, 182 cm of snow had accumulated, while the snow was 175 cm deep in Okura ...

AOMORI -- Snow removal work is in full swing along a stretch of a northern Japan road that becomes a "snow ... snow at Sukayu ...