Over 200 flights canceled in Japan's Hokkaido airport amid heavy snowfall
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Snow blankets New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2019, causing flight delays and cancellations. (File photo: CFP)

A total of 226 flights have been canceled and two runways suspended due to heavy snowfall at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, Japan, NHK reported on Saturday.