Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snow falls in Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on February 19, 2026. - Yomiuri Shimbu/Ryoichiro Kida/AP For Yoko ...

For Yoko Toshima, winter hits harder these days. “Perhaps it is because I am getting older, but the way the snow falls seems more extreme than before,” she said. During the warmer months, the ...