Heavy Snow Affects Polling Stations in Japan’s Chugoku Region

The Yomiuri Shimbun

15:21 JST, February 8, 2026

Heavy snow has changed hours at voting stations for today’s House of Representatives election in Shimane and Tottori prefectures.

The opening of a station in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, was delayed by two hours to 9 a.m. because officials in charge of it could not reach there on time.

In Shimane Prefecture, 14 voting stations in Ama and 16 in Okinoshima — both located on remote islands — will close three hours earlier at 5 p.m.