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3 Japanese perish in blizzard on China's Great Wall
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
2012/11/06
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Cars caught in heavy snow in northwestern Beijing on Nov. 4, not far from the site of the tragedy (Atsushi Okudera)
Tourists on the Great Wall of China in 2006 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
HUAILAI COUNTY, China--Three elderly Japanese tourists died and another was being treated for injuries after they were caught in a raging snowstorm on a part of the Great Wall of China rarely visited by outsiders.
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