TOKYO — Heavy rain hit northern Japan Thursday, triggering floods and landslides, disrupting transportation systems and forcing hundreds of residents to take shelter at safer grounds.

Sompo Japan, the Japanese insurance arm of Sompo Holdings, has now successfully secured the targeted $150 million in ...

About 20 percent of Japan’s population resides in areas that are at risk of flooding when heavy rain causes rivers to overflow, according to a recent Asahi Shimbun analysis. The number has ...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) and the Government of Japan have signed an agreement to support the implementation of the “Project for Strengthening Flood and Drought Risk Management in the Lower ...

The research group analyzed health insurance claims data from three prefectures―Hiroshima, Okayama and Ehime―over a one-year period following the western Japan floods. The study examined the ...

Strong gusts and heavy rain have brought down power lines and sparked flood warnings on swollen rivers along a 400-kilometer stretch of the coast straddling southeast Queensland and northeast New ...

Even as the weather system weakened, authorities issued a string of flood and severe weather warnings across a 400-kilometer stretch of coast straddling Queensland and New South Wales. The tropical ...

The government of Japan has extended its support to flood-affected communities in eastern Bangladesh by providing the International Organization for Migration (IOM) with $3.2 million in assistance.

The Government of Japan has approved a grant amounting to 18.5 million dollars for flood management project in Pakistan. A signing ceremony for exchange of notes and record of discussion between the ...

With the Tokyo Series just a few days away, fans in Japan were eager to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs' stars warm up and take batting practice.