AOMORI -- Towering "snow monster" ice-covered trees in Aomori's Hakkoda mountains are now at their most spectacular, drawing visitors from around the world. These unique formations occur when ice ...

In April of 2024 I travelled to Japan on a mission to film the mass ... In Hokkaido, several metres of snow carpet the forest each winter. This thick layer of fluffy snow is not just comprised ...

Snow is also expected in mountain areas of western Japan. As of 5 a.m. Friday, 412 centimeters of snow had piled up in Sukayu in the Hakkoda mountain range in Aomori Prefecture. That's more than ...

Japanese weather officials are calling on people returning from their holidays in northern Japan to brace themselves for traffic disruptions. The warning comes as record amounts of snow pile up.

In a moving display of kindness and empathy, a video capturing a man's efforts to help a deer trapped in deep snow has won ...