The children spent time indoors on Wednesday, playing with blocks and drawing pictures. Children at a nursery school in Nagasaki Prefecture play indoors on April 12, as yellow sand reached the area.

In some areas of China, yellow sand reduced visibility to less than 2 km on the morning of April 11. The last time yellow sand was observed in Tokyo in April was 16 years ago, the agency said.

Cities throughout Japan continued to see yellow sand in the air on Wednesday, with the weather agency predicting the phenomenon to last through Thursday morning, having started on Tuesday.

“It’s important to check the yellow sand forecast from the Japan Meteorological Agency and reduce the time spent exposed to yellow sand as much as possible,” Onishi said. The yellow sand ...

Yellow sand from China's deserts is expected to hit wide areas of Japan on Tuesday and Wednesday. Weather officials say visibility could be reduced to less than 10 kilometers in areas from western ...