THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 11, 2021 at 01:15 JST
Members of the Self-Defense Forces clear snow around a truck on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway in near Nanto, Toyama Prefecture, on the morning of 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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