12:44, 09 February 2014 | GMT +5
5 die, over 600 injured as heavy snow hits eastern Japan
TOKYO. KAZINFORM Heavy snow hit eastern Japan on Saturday, disrupting transportation systems and leaving five people dead and over 600 people injured in snow-related accidents, a Kyodo News tally showed.

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the first heavy snowfall warning for central Tokyo in 13 years. Snow accumulation reached 27 centimeters there, the heaviest snow in the Japanese capital since February 1994 and the fourth largest snowfall since World War II, the agency said. Several universities in Tokyo delayed the starting times of their entrance examinations for the new academic year that begins in April, Kyodo reports.