Snow wreaks havoc throughout Japan

Japan's cold snap continued to see snowfall across the country on Monday, particularly affecting coastal regions on the Sea of Japan, the weather agency said.

According to Japan's Meteorological Agency, a cold air mass has been gripping Japan since late last week with heavy snowfall overnight wreaking havoc on the nation's roads, severely disrupting local and intercity Shinkansen train services, as well as halting flights from regional airports.

In Fukushima Prefecture, home to a stricken nuclear reactor in Japan's northeast, 1.6 meters of snow was recorded on Monday and 1.4 meters in a town in Hiroshima Prefecture.