Two elderly women were killed on the northernmost island of Hokkaido, Kyodo News reported, with one hit by a snow-plough and another buried when a warehouse collapsed under the weight of fallen snow.
Police said a man died in a traffic accident on snow-bound roads in Hiroshima.
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