Typhoons, earthquakes and torrential downpours have caused large-scale damage throughout Japan, but now the city is using a ...

TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of people in northern Japan were ordered to evacuate Friday because of the risk of flooding and ...

Approaching from the Pacific Ocean, Typhoon No. 7 made landfall at the southern tip of Wakayama Prefecture, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) southwest of Tokyo. The typhoon, which followed closely ...

The eighth typhoon of the season made landfall on the ... Nippon Airways canceled flights scheduled to depart and arrive at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Local train services in Chiba Prefecture ...

This year’s most powerful typhoon, Hagibis, is inching toward Japan. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, or JMA, it's classed as a violent typhoon -- the highest category on Japan’s ...

In October last year, the greater Tokyo area was slammed by Hagibis, the wettest typhoon on record for the region. Hakone received over 922 mm of rain in 24 hours — a national record.

Japanese firms are feeling the most acute shortage of full-time workers since the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than half of ...