As per reports, Tokyo and neighbouring areas were affected by snowfall on Monday (05 February), disrupting public transportation and prompting Japan’s weather agency to issue a heavy snowfall warning across the city. Snowfall warning has been issued for Tokyo’s 23 wards.

• Mountainous areas in the Kanto-Koshin region will likely continue to see heavy snowfall through Tuesday (06 February), as a low-pressure system advances along the southern coast of the main island of Honshu toward the east.
• All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines cancelled at least 100 flights in total, mostly leaving or arriving at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Monday afternoon, with over 11,000 people being affected.
• East Japan Railway Co. decided to suspend some limited express train services on the Chuo Line starting on Monday evening.
• Major expressways running through Tokyo and its vicinity, including Tomei Expressway and Metropolitan Expressway, have been partially shut down.
• The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism requested drivers to put on winter tyres on their vehicles or carry snow chains as well as to refrain from going out unless necessary.