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 ...

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.

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 ...

flooding and fires. The destruction would cause damage worth £1.44trillion (214.2trillion yen) and create 12.3million evacuees. That is the equivalent of displacing 10 per cent of the Japanese ...

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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 ...

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 Cagayan de Oro River Basin Flood Forecasting and Warning Center, which will help strengthen disaster preparedness in the surrounding communities, was inaugurated in El Salvador City, Misamis ...

There are many ways to promote the importance of flood safety, but the Omiyuki-san festival in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, is surely among the most unique.

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 participants benefitted from a mix of expert presentations covering both global and local best practices, interactive discussions, and site visits that provided participants with firsthand ...