Four people have died in separate accidents during snow removal work in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Akita in a span of two days through Wednesday, police said.Hiroyuki Nakayama, 47, and his 74-year-old mother Hideko were buried while removing snow at a barn near their home in Yuzawa at around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Nakayama was pronounced dead the following day.According to the police, a man who reported the accident told them, "I heard the snow drop and went out to check on them, but the two were gone from view."The man said there appeared to be snow accumulation of 1 to 2 meters o…READ FULL ARTICLE
