DHAKA: Heavy snow and severe weather struck Tokyo and other areas across Japan on Saturday, leaving two dead and around 90 injured, reports said.

More than 600 flights were grounded as the weather agency issued a severe storm warning for the capital.

As much as 12cm of snow was recorded on Saturday afternoon in Tokyo, with a rapidly developing low pressure front heading toward eastern Japan, the meteorological agency said.

Public broadcaster NHK said at least 89 people were injured in snow-related accidents only in eastern Japan, including 17 serious injuries.

It also said two female passengers, aged 88 and 90, died on Saturday in a car accident on their way to a nursing home in Ishikawa, central Japan, reports The Straits Times.

The police suspect one of the cars skidded on the icy road and caused the head-on clash.

BDST: 1506 HRS, FEB 08, 2014