Heavy snow continues to disrupt northwestern Japan

Heavy snow continues to disrupt northwestern Japan

MINAMI-ECHIZEN, Japan - Residents of Minami-Echizen town in Fukui Precfecture remove snow from the roofs of their houses on Dec. 15 after heavy snow hit northwestern Japan, with mountainous areas in Niigata and Fukui prefectures seeing more than 150 centimeters.

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