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Japan: Strong Cold Front Dumps Heavy Snow On Hokkaido 2

A strong cold front continued to bring sub-zero temperatures and heavy snowfall to Hokkaido. More than one meter (about 40 inches) of snow was reported in the northern region on Friday, December 13.

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Automated rotary snowplow in Hokkaido

EBETSU, Japan, Nov. 17 Kyodo - Video taken on Nov. 17, 2023, in Ebetsu on the northern Japan main island of Hokkaido, shows the country's first fully automated rotary snowplow for clearing shoulders. (Kyodo)

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Automated rotary snowplow in Hokkaido

Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2023, in Ebetsu on the northern Japan main island of Hokkaido, shows the country's first fully automated rotary snowplow for clearing shoulders.

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Automated rotary snowplow in Hokkaido

Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2023, in Ebetsu on the northern Japan main island of Hokkaido, shows the country's first fully automated rotary snowplow for clearing shoulders.

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Housewife issues own newsletter for 25 yrs

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken in Sapporo's Kita Ward on July 24, 2013 shows Minako Higuchi, a housewife from Ebetsu, Hokkaido, holding copies of the newsletter Ginga Tsushin she has been issuing for 25 years.

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Indigenous Ainu launch party

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano (L), leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 21, 2012, as members of the Ainu indigenous group, who primarily reside in Hokkaido, launch the party, aiming to field 10 candidates in the House of Councillors election in 2013. To the right is vice leader Shizue Ukaji.

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Indigenous Ainu launch party

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano (2nd from L), leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 21, 2012, as members of the Ainu indigenous group, who primarily reside in Hokkaido, launch the party, aiming to field 10 candidates in the House of Councillors election in 2013.

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Nobel laureate Suzuki departs for award ceremony

SAPPORO, Japan - Akira Suzuki, a winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry and a professor emeritus at Hokkaido University, leaves his home in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Dec. 3, 2010, to attend the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10. Suzuki shared the prize with another Japanese scientist, Eiichi Negishi, and American chemist Richard Heck.

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Nobel laureate Suzuki

EBETSU, Japan - Akira Suzuki, a professor emeritus at Hokkaido University, leaves his home in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Oct. 7, 2010, the morning after winning the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry with Eiichi Negishi and Richard Heck for ''palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis.''

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DPJ lawmaker says she has 'moral' responsible for arrests

EBETSU, Japan - Chiyomi Kobayashi, a Democratic Party of Japan lower house member, speaks to reporters in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on March 6, 2010. The ruling party lawmaker, under fire over four arrests in connection with illegal donations for her election campaign, said she has a moral responsibility in the cases but denied any intention of stepping down any time soon.

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Water train douses rails in Hokkaido due to hot weather

EBETSU, Japan - Water train cars spray the rails on the JR Hakodate Line in Hokkaido for the first time this summer to prevent the rails from warping due to hot weather.

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(2)Japan declares domestic beef safe to eat

SAPPORO, Japan - A veterinarian checks cows at a meat hygiene inspection center at Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Oct. 18. The government declared domestic beef to be free of mad cow disease after launching a nationwide examination of cows to be processed for human consumption.

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Campaigns start for 2 lower house by-elections

Maki Ikeda, endorsed by the Democratic Party and three other opposition parties, seeks voters' support at the start of official campaigning for the lower house Hokkaido No. 5 constituency by-election in the city of Ebetsu, near Sapporo, on April 12, 2016. Campaigning for the Kyoto No. 3 constituency by-election also started the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dishes for weather satellites shown to press

The Japan Meteorological Agency shows the press a satellite dish (R) for Himawari-8, the newest weather satellite, and another for Himawari-9, to be launched around the summer of 2016, in Ebetsu on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan unveils control center for newest weather satellite

The Japan Meteorological Agency shows the press a satellite control center in Ebetsu on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 17, 2015, prior to the start of operations on July 7 of Himawari-8, the newest weather satellite launched in October 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Water train douses rails in Hokkaido due to hot weather

EBETSU, Japan - Water train cars spray the rails on the JR Hakodate Line in Hokkaido for the first time this summer to prevent the rails from warping due to hot weather. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Suzuki

EBETSU, Japan - Akira Suzuki, a professor emeritus at Hokkaido University, leaves his home in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Oct. 7, 2010, the morning after winning the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry with Eiichi Negishi and Richard Heck for ''palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis.'' (Kyodo)

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DPJ lawmaker says she has 'moral' responsible for arrests

EBETSU, Japan - Chiyomi Kobayashi, a Democratic Party of Japan lower house member, speaks to reporters in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on March 6, 2010. The ruling party lawmaker, under fire over four arrests in connection with illegal donations for her election campaign, said she has a moral responsibility in the cases but denied any intention of stepping down any time soon. (Kyodo)

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Indigenous Ainu launch party

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano (2nd from L), leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 21, 2012, as members of the Ainu indigenous group, who primarily reside in Hokkaido, launch the party, aiming to field 10 candidates in the House of Councillors election in 2013. (Kyodo)

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Indigenous Ainu launch party

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano (L), leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 21, 2012, as members of the Ainu indigenous group, who primarily reside in Hokkaido, launch the party, aiming to field 10 candidates in the House of Councillors election in 2013. To the right is vice leader Shizue Ukaji. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Suzuki departs for award ceremony

SAPPORO, Japan - Akira Suzuki, a winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry and a professor emeritus at Hokkaido University, leaves his home in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Dec. 3, 2010, to attend the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10. Suzuki shared the prize with another Japanese scientist, Eiichi Negishi, and American chemist Richard Heck. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan declares domestic beef safe to eat

SAPPORO, Japan - A veterinarian checks cows at a meat hygiene inspection center at Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Oct. 18. The government declared domestic beef to be free of mad cow disease after launching a nationwide examination of cows to be processed for human consumption.

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New coronavirus

A woman in a kimono has her portrait taken at a photo studio run by a beauty salon in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 19, 2020. The salon is taking complimentary photos for students who had made reservations, as many colleges in Japan canceled graduation ceremonies due to the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

Australia's Michael Hooper (R) works out in Ebetsu on Sept. 19, 2019, two days before a Rugby World Cup opener against Fiji in nearby Sapporo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

David Pocock (L) and other Australia rugby players work out in Ebetsu on Sept. 19, 2019, two days before their World Cup opener against Fiji in nearby Sapporo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

Australia players pose for a photo at a welcome ceremony on Sept. 18, 2019, in the northern Japan city of Ebetsu, the site of their training camp for the Rugby World Cup in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe meets Ebetsu city mayor

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe receives a range of specialties from Ebetsu in Hokkaido, at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2019, during a meeting with Noboru Miyoshi, mayor of the northern Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe eats cake

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe eats a piece of cake at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2019, as he is presented with specialties from Ebetsu, Hokkaido, during a meeting with Noboru Miyoshi, mayor of the northern Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of Hokkaido earthquake

Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2018, shows cars waiting in line for gas in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, after a powerful earthquake hit the northern Japan region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of Hokkaido earthquake

Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2018, shows cars waiting in line for gas in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, after a powerful earthquake hit the northern Japan region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World's 1st calf born from cow cloned by milk-secreting fluid

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows a calf born from a cow cloned from cells contained in fluid from its mammary glands. Rakuno Gakuen University, of Ebetsu, Hokkaido, which offered the photo, said it is the world's first offspring of its kind. The calf -- a male weighing 40 kilograms -- was born July 30 at the university but has now been killed so that researchers can conduct anatomical and tissue tests on it.