Tropical storm Shanshan continued to impact Japan, causing torrential rain, landslides and widespread flooding over the ...

The project is structured around three research tasks. The first focuses on establishing a comprehensive U.S.-Japan flood risk data inventory, concentrating on existing and missing data related to ...

One lesson from the damage caused by the destructive typhoon that hit Japan in October last year ... suffered by areas not covered by flood hazard maps. One key problem that has come to the ...

In order to mitigate flood damage, cities across Japan are implementing large-scale measures.

Of these, local officials believe that flood-risk areas should be designated for 7,977 rivers, or 40.9 percent of the total. But the study showed that designations are not yet in place for 4,206 ...