Seven people have died after being hit by an avalanche on a mountain in Japan's central Toyama prefecture.
The seven - four men and three women - were climbing or skiing on Saturday when the avalanche, an estimated 30 metres wide and 600 metres long, hit on a western slope of the 2,860-metre-high Mt Masago, police said.
They were taken to hospital by helicopter but were confirmed dead.
A local police officer said rescuers were continuing the search as it was not clear if there were any other people on the mountain at the time of the avalanche.
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