At least 155 people have died in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Japan, says the government. It is the highest death toll caused by rainfall that Japan has seen in ...

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 ...

Parts of western Japan hit by deadly floods and landslides are facing unprecedented danger as more downpours are expected, officials warn. "We've never experienced this kind of rain before," a ...

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

At least six people were killed after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides in a remote area of central Japan that was hit by a major quake this year, local media reported Monday. Public ...

Rescuers on Wednesday recovered the body of a ninth victim of severe floods which battered parts of central Japan last week, local media said. A woman's body was found near a river in Wajima city ...

TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto on Saturday which triggered landslides and floods and left one person dead and several missing, officials said. The deluges ...

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament reelected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade. Ishiba’s ruling Liberal ...

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