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

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

As heavy snow blankets the Saitama region, traffic disruptions have escalated sharply, leading to significant closures of key expressways. The Japan Road Traffic Information Center reported hazardous ...

Wide areas of the Kanto and Chugoku regions were blanketed with snow on the morning of March 19 due to a cold air mass and a ...

Severe winter weather can strike unexpectedly, and the recent heavy snow in Saitama is a testament to this unpredictability. As of March 19, 2025, traffic disruptions are severely affecting the ...

Road closures have cut off access for ... Other causes of death include avalanches and falls into deep, loose snow around big trees. In Japan, the northern island of Hokkaido had reported 28 ...

Japan wants to become a hydrogen fuel leader to meet its net-zero goals, but one blockbuster project is hanging in the ...

The transport ministry announced Tuesday that highways in the Tokyo metropolitan area will be closed as a preventive measure ahead of a forecast for heavy snow later in the day. The closures are ...

The Sakura Festival began in 1986 to commemorate the naming of Narashino, Japan as Tuscaloosa’s first sister city. The sister ...

TOKYO: Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some ... The snow forced Gala Yuzawa Snow Resort, about 12 miles by road from Kagura, to close for a day in late February – its first closure ...

Snow fell on central Tokyo and the mountainous areas in the surrounding Kanto region in eastern Japan on March 19. As ...