Over 1,000 in Japan Spend Night Stuck in 15-Km Traffic Jam During Heavy Snowstorm

Over 1,000 in Japan Spend Night Stuck in 15-Km Traffic Jam During Heavy Snowstorm
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Over the past days, Japan’s central and northern regions, including the Niigata and neighboring Gunma prefectures, have seen record snowfall, seven times above the norm for this time of year, shocking local residents, according to media reports. The wintry weather resulted in disrupting transit and causing some areas to lose power.
More than a thousand people in Japan were forced to spend Thursday night in their vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on a highway connecting Tokyo and the Niigata prefecture during an extremely heavy snowstorm, according to media reports.

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