The Meteorological Agency announces the first gale of spring in the Tokyo area.

Heavy snow crushed a house, killing its 53-year-old resident in Fukushima, northern Japan.

Japan will use a supercomputer to warn ships of choppy seas that can spark large and dangerous "rogue waves."

A ski patrol is dead after he and two coworkers were caught in an avalanche Monday morning in central Japan.

Tottori Prefecture residents struggle with record snow that is disrupting their lives and paralyzing transport.

A Japanese Coast Guard team explores Nishinoshima, a new volcanic island that grew out of the Pacific Ocean.

Heavy snow blankets western Japan, and meteorologists warn of possible record accumulations this weekend.

Snow falls in Tokyo and neighboring Ibaraki Prefecture, with the coldest front yet this winter approaching.

A TV crew approaches the caldera of Mt. Aso for the first time in almost two-and-a-half years.

Jumbo sea angels wow visitors at a sea ice museum in northern Japan.