Sapporo city gov't to pay for employees' business cards
The Sapporo city government announced on Feb. 3 that it will stop requiring employees to pay for their own business cards, ...
4-feet of snow, avalanche warning: What's behind Japan’s record-breaking snowfall?
Japan is battling the coldest wave of the season with record-breaking snowfall in the northern main island of Hokkaido. Traffic has been hit and airports closed. Weather agencies have said the extreme ...
Heavy snow hits northern Japan, disrupting daily life
Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...
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Sapporo Snow Festival unveiled for weeklong extravaganza
SAPPORO, Japan (Kyodo) -- The annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido's largest city kicked off an elaborate weeklong affair ...
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SAPPORO SNOW FESTIVAL KICKS OFF WEEKLONG EXTRAVAGANZA IN JAPAN'S HOKKAIDO
The annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido's largest city kicked off as an elaborate weeklong affair on Feb 4, featuring a ...
From mild to wild: record snowfall buries northern Japan
After almost cancelling a popular annual snow festival due to unseasonable January warmth, record-breaking snowfall has hit ...
Sapporo Snow Festival: Where nature and human creativity create masterpieces
Sapporo is the capital city of Hokkaido and the fifth-largest city in the country. As Japan’s most northern island, Hokkaido ...
Global warming may bring more heavy snow to Hokkaido, weather expert says
A weather expert says heavy snowfall in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido may become more frequent if global ...
Parts of northern Japan have 4 feet of snow and more is falling
Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...
Travel disruption as Japan hit with record-breaking snow
The Hokkaido prefectural government said record-breaking snowfall has been observed especially in the eastern regions of the ...
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Hundreds of schools close as record-breaking 124 cm of snow hits northern Japan
Northern Japan received record snowfall on February 4. The city of Obihiro observed 124 centimetres of snowfall in 24 hours ...
Melting point: Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival skates on thin climate ice
This year's festival came dangerously close to being cancelled, before it was saved by a last-minute snowfall Japan's Sapporo ...