Japan Hit With Heavy Snow, Halting More Than 100 Domestic Flights

People walk along a street in heavy snow in Toyama, Japan, brought by an extreme cold front along western and northern parts of the country on Dec. 27, 2021. JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images

Japan canceled more than 100 domestic flights on Dec. 26 due to heavy snow in the northern and western parts of the country, which the country’s meteorological agency has forecasted will persist until Dec. 28.

In a Dec. 24 statement, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned of a strong cold air mass flowing into Japan from Dec. 25 to Dec. 28, forecasting heavy snow in areas in northern and western Japan along the coast of the Sea of Japan.