Last December, snow storms affecting northern and central Japan left a toll of ten people dead and more than hundred domestic and nationals flights grounded, as well as power cuts in thousands of home.
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Tokyo: Masses of cold air have generated big accumulations of snow above the three-meter high in cities like Uonuma, Niigata prefecture, Japan's Meteorological Agency reports said.
Last December, snow storms affecting northern and central Japan left a toll of ten people dead and more than hundred domestic and nationals flights grounded, as well as power cuts in thousands of home.