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Motorists stranded and trains delayed as winter weather pummels Japan Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ People push a firetruck stranded in snow in Toyama on Saturday. | KYODO Kyodo Jan 10, 2021 The Meteorological Agency is warning of heavy snow and traffic disruptions in areas facing the Sea of Japan through Monday, with the winter weather already having stranded more than 1,000 motorists in Toyama and Fukui prefectures over the weekend. The two prefect...

Cars stranded, trains affected as heavy snow blankets Japan January 10, 2021 People walk on a snow-covered street in Toyama, central Japan, on Saturday, after heavy snow hit the region. — courtesy Kyodo TOKYO — Vehicles were stranded and train services affected on Saturday as heavy snow continued over parts of Japan, with the weather agency warning of further traffic disruption from slippery roads due to more snowfall through the weekend, Kyodo reported. In central Japan, many cars were stuck. Around 120 vehicles were stranded on the Hokurik...

Cars stranded, trains affected by continued heavy snow across Japan Vehicles were stranded and train services affected Saturday as heavy snow continued over parts of Japan, with the weather agency warning of further traffic disruption from slippery roads due to more snowfall through the weekend. In central Japan, many cars were stuck. Around 120 vehicles were stranded on the Hokuriku Expressway in Fukui Prefecture due to an accident. About 80 cars could not move on the Noetsu Expressway in Toyama Prefecture, with a section temporarily closed, transport authorities said. Separately, about 80 ...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next issues of the Asahi Haikuist Network appear Jan. 1, 15, and 29, 2021. Readers are invited to send haiku for New Year’s, the Year of the Ox, or a wolf howling at the cold moon, on a postcard to David McMurray at the International University of Kagoshima, Sakanoue 8-34-1, Kagoshima, 891-0197, Japan, or by e-mail to (mcmurray@fka.att.ne.jp). * * * David McMurray has been writing the Asahi Haikuist Network column since April 1995, first for the Asahi Evening News. He is on the editorial board of the Red Moon An...