In the last survey released in 1987, geographers counted islands with a coastline of 100 meters or longer on paper maps, according to the Japan Coast Guard, the author of the survey. The previous ...

Heavy snowfall continued Wednesday along the Sea of Japan coast as the season's strongest cold front disrupted rail services in central Japan and air traffic, with the weather agency warning of more ...

A powerful cold air mass and a winter pressure pattern are bringing freezing temperatures to much of Japan and heavy snow to the Sea of Japan coast and mountainous regions. The Meteorological ...