Torrential rain has battered Japan’s Hokuriku region, causing train suspensions, flooding, and landslide warnings. Kanazawa city recorded record rainfall as unstable weather continues. Authorities ...

About 20 percent of Japan’s population resides in areas that are at risk of flooding when heavy rain causes rivers to ...

Operation of a new system of "disaster prevention weather information" reorganizing warnings and advisories for hazards in ...

Typhoon Peipah made landfall in Japan on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall, strong winds and widespread disruption to transport and power infrastructure as it moved eastward along the Pacific coast ...

Calling Japan the least welcoming spot in Asia is too blunt to work as a measured ranking, but it does capture a real shift in mood. The country welcomed a record 36.87 million visitors in 2024, and ...

Japan will allocate $3.7 billion for the recovery of regions hit by devastating flooding and landslides that killed at least 72 people, the country's prime minister pledged Monday. The torrential rain ...

Authorities in Japan on Saturday evening braced for the risk of landslides and floods as Shanshan, a tropical cyclone, continued its slow advance back inland, after drenching parts of the country with ...