Heavy snow hits Sea of Japan coast, Hokkaido

Heavy snow hits Sea of Japan coast, Hokkaido

RYUO, Japan - Cars run at a snail's speed on the Meishin Expressway linking Nagoya and Kobe on Dec. 18 after heavy snowfall hit various parts of western Japan overnight.

7 die in multiple pileup on Meishin Expressway

7 die in multiple pileup on Meishin Expressway

OTSU, Japan - Police and workers remove the wreckage of a car damaged in a multiple pileup on the Meishin Expressway in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 13. Seven people died and three were slightly injured in the accident which involved seven vehicles, including two large buses and two heavy trucks.

2 trucks collide on expressway

2 trucks collide on expressway

HIKONE, Japan - Wreckage block the Meishin expressway in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on July 23 following a traffic accident in which the drivers of two trucks were killed when their vehicles collided and caught fire. One of the trucks first collided into the backside of a trailer, then crossed the highway divider and crashed into the front of another truck.

Heavy snow hits Sea of Japan coast, Hokkaido

Heavy snow hits Sea of Japan coast, Hokkaido

RYUO, Japan - Cars run at a snail's speed on the Meishin Expressway linking Nagoya and Kobe on Dec. 18 after heavy snowfall hit various parts of western Japan overnight. (Kyodo)

7 die in multiple pileup on Meishin Expressway

7 die in multiple pileup on Meishin Expressway

OTSU, Japan - Police and workers remove the wreckage of a car damaged in a multiple pileup on the Meishin Expressway in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 13. Seven people died and three were slightly injured in the accident which involved seven vehicles, including two large buses and two heavy trucks. (Kyodo)

7 die in multiple pileup on Meishin Expressway

7 die in multiple pileup on Meishin Expressway

OTSU, Japan - Police and workers remove the wreckage of a car damaged in a multiple pileup on the Meishin Expressway in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 13. Seven people died and three were slightly injured in the accident which involved seven vehicles, including two large buses and two heavy trucks. (Kyodo)

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2020, shows lighter traffic than usual at a Meishin Expressway junction in Oyamazaki, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, during the Golden Week holidays under a nationwide state of emergency declared over the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 trucks collide on expressway

2 trucks collide on expressway

HIKONE, Japan - Wreckage block the Meishin expressway in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on July 23 following a traffic accident in which the drivers of two trucks were killed when their vehicles collided and caught fire. One of the trucks first collided into the backside of a trailer, then crossed the highway divider and crashed into the front of another truck.

2 trucks collide on expressway

2 trucks collide on expressway

HIKONE, Japan - Wreckage block the Meishin expressway in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on July 23 following a traffic accident in which the drivers of two trucks were killed when their vehicles collided and caught fire. One of the trucks first collided into the backside of a trailer, then crossed the highway divider and crashed into the front of another truck.