Rescuers combed the debris-strewn banks of a river in central Japan on Monday, searching for drowning victims after homes ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have carried out an unprecedentedly detailed survey of pumice rafts in the aftermath of the 2021 Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba volcanic eruption in Japan.

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.

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 life-preserving backpack is the brainchild of newspaper delivery agent Joji Shimizu who was left dumbfounded by the loss of life at a public elementary school in northeastern Japan as a ...

Three years after heavy flooding devastated western Japan, the aftereffects are still ... are expected to be increasingly restored in fiscal 2021 in the three prefectures, but the reconstruction ...