Japan is assessing the damage caused by floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain. At least 155 people are now known to have died in the west of the country, the government says ...

As survivors and bereaved families remember the victims of last year’s floods, residents prepare for another potentially deadly rainy season. Recovery operations are underway after Japan’s ...

Days of torrential rains in western Japan cause floods and landslides that kill dozens of people in Hiroshima Prefecture and neighbouring regions. More than 3,000 people have been confirmed dead ...

Floods and landslides killed one person and left at least 11 missing in central Japan, with recovery teams at work on Sunday in a remote peninsula already devastated by a major earthquake this year.

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 ...

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.

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 ...