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- Temperatures have risen in wide areas across Japan. People in snowy regions are advised to be careful of avalanches and snow falling from roofs. The Japan Meteorological Agency says warm air is flowing in from the south and pushing up temperatures.
- Worshippers at a Buddhist temple in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, western Japan, followed ascetic monks in a traditional fire-walking ritual to pray for good health on Setsubun. Setsubun is the last day of winter on the traditional Japanese calendar. It fell on Tuesday this year.
- One of the athletes’ villages built for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics has been shown to the media, ahead of the opening of the Games on Friday. The residents for athletes participating in the Olympics have been created in six areas because the Games will be held in a large region.