I saw a segment about this on RKK’s local news.

You can see some pictures that look a bit more like what I saw on local TV (submissions from ordinary viewers) here

https://weathernews.jp/s/topics/201801/180055/

and here

https://twitter.com/souki_e/status/953747110251278336/photo/1

As the article explains, these clouds were caused by today’s early-morning launch of the Epsilon-3 rocket.

– Kirk

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180118_18/