Japanese hiker killed in Mount Norikura avalanche

The body of a man was found following an avalanche Sunday on Mount Norikura on the border of Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, with two other people injured, local police said.Five people were caught in the avalanche that occurred around 10am on the Nagano side of the mountain but the two others were uninjured, according to the police.Two men from Shiga Prefecture, 41 and 49, who sustained light injuries, had been with the man believed dead when they were hit by the snowslide.“I…