Japanese tourists die in Great Wall storm

Three Japanese tourists died on Sunday night after being trapped in sudden heavy snowstorms during a visit to the Great Wall of China, officials in Beijing and Tokyo said Monday.
The bodies of two women, aged 62 and 68, were found on Sunday evening while the body of a 76-year-old man was retrieved on Monday afternoon.
The Japanese man, named by Chinese state media as Shunichiro Yanai, was found by rescuers searching a snow-covered mountain near the wall in the northern province of Hebei.
Another Japanese tourist and a Chinese guide who works for a Japanese tour agency were receiving medical treatment at a local clinic.
The Japanese Foreign Ministry confirmed the deaths but said it could not give names of the victims until families had been notified.