A record 30 people have died in Japan in the past two weeks due to unusually heavy snowfall. TRT World News reported that officials said on Tuesday (February 3) that a 91-year-old woman was among the dead. She was found buried under a three-meter-high snowdrift outside her home. Prime Minister Sane Takaichi held a special cabinet meeting this morning and ordered ministers to do everything possible to prevent deaths and accidents.
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