THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 11, 2021 at 01:15 JST
Vehicles are stuck in heavy snow on the Hokuriku Expressway in near Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, at 1:17 p.m. on Jan. 10. (Takayuki Kakuno)
At least 13 people died and 249 were injured in the heavy snowfalls that blanketed large swaths along the Sea of Japan coast between Jan. 7 and Jan. 11, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Jan. 11. [Read More]
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