Highway opening data / APIs

I’m in Tokyo I’m due to drive up to Nagano today (have 4wd, snow tyres, chains, shovel, etc) and obviously don’t want to venture into areas where the highways are closed (due to snow).

I would have expected that Google Maps would have this data available through the API, but whilst Google says the route is clear Nexco’s website says it’s very much not.

Is this right.. that Google Maps can be this incorrect in these conditions?

(Also does ETC know this stuff? Ie. should I sit in the car and get it to plot me a route and that will have accurate closure on?)

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Edited : I see that Google maps now (ie. a few hours after this post) contains data that matches the Nexco / iHighway sites. I wonder if a delay or fault, now fixed.

by PermissionBest2379

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