Heavy snow in Japan

FUKUI, Japan - Trucks are stranded due to heavy snow on a highway in Minamiechizen, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2011.

Plague of giant jellyfish in Japan TOKYO, Japan - Giant jellyfish called ''Echizen kurage'' (Nomura's jellyfish) caught in a fixed net off the coast of Minamiechizen, Fukui Prefecture. The photo was taken on Dec. 13, 2005. (Kyodo)

Heavy snow in Japan

FUKUI, Japan - Trucks are stranded due to heavy snow on a highway in Minamiechizen, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2011. (Kyodo)