00:00On Friday, heavy snowfall in eastern and western Japan intensified a cold snap in the country's
00:05mountainous areas and along the Sea of Japan coast, according to weather authorities.
00:11Starting this Friday and continuing through the weekend, the Asian Nations Meteorological
00:16Agency forecasts an intensification of winter pressure pattern, with a strong mass of cold
00:21air moving from east to west. Snowfall in mountainous areas over the next 24 hours is
00:27expected to reach 70 cm in Niigata, 60 cm in the Hokurikuru and Kinki regions, and 50 cm in Chukogoku.
00:39As of Friday, the accumulated snow in the Sukaiju area of Aomori prefecture was 2.66 m and in Okura
00:47village in Yamagata prefecture it was 1.38 m.
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