You've heard of lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes. Check out what a larger sea and bitter cold air helped to generate in ...

Nestled in the heart of the Honshu mountains, Takayama’s nickname is “the little Kyoto of the Alps,” and for good reason: its ...

TOKYO -- Due to the coldest wave of the season, the Japanese archipelago experienced heavy snow mainly on the Sea of Japan coast Feb. 6. Snow accumulation is likely to continue to increase in many ...

The contaminated water will be treated again with ALPS before it ... plants in and out of Japan. The Japanese government chose the option to discharge the water into the sea, rather than release ...

With record visitor numbers in 2024 putting strain on Japan's tourist hotpots, here are four places to visit far away from ...

In 2021, the Government of Japan requested the Agency to conduct a detailed ... The report concluded that the approach to discharging ALPS-treated water into the sea was consistent with Agency safety ...

forming streamers of sea-effect snow that reach parts of Japan, along and west of the Japanese Alps. S ome of the heaviest snowfall on Earth: This proximity to Siberian cold air makes Japan's ...

This is due, in part, to a phenomenon called sea-effect snow ... west of the spine of the Japanese Alps on the largest island, Honshu. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, seven different ...