The Japanese Defense Ministry punishes the Ground Self-Defense Force's vice chief of staff and two others over the use of official cars for their group visit to Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni shrine, often seen as a symbol of the country's past militarism.
Japan's weather agency urges residents from the country's north-to-west regions facing the Sea of Japan to be vigilant of further heavy snow after many vehicles were left stranded.
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