Tokyo having its first winter without snow in 131 years

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An official at the Japan Meteorological Agency said El Nino could be a factor. Another theory cited was that seasonal southward movement of cold air from the Arctic was weak and unsustained.

“It’s a bit of stretch to link this directly to global warming ,” he said. “But the winter was very warm, for sure.”

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