Torrential rain triggered severe flooding and landslides across Japan’s Kyushu region on Monday, forcing authorities to call for the evacuation of millions of residents. In Kumamoto prefecture on ...

A man on Monday inspects a flooded shed in Tamana in the Kumamoto Prefecture on southwestern Japan's Kyushu island. Kyushu was hit by continuous heavy rainfall due to a stagnant front as torrential ...

Japanese weather officials say temperatures across much of the country are likely to be higher than usual over the next three months, with below-average rainfall expected in parts of western Japan.

Japan’s 200-year-old harvest wrestling ritual” refers to a traditional festival centered around mud sumo, a Shinto-linked ...

TOKYO (AP) — Torrential rain pounded the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Friday, triggering floods and landslides and sending residents to shelters as officials issued highest-level warnings in ...

TOKYO, July 10 (Reuters) - Japan's weather bureau said on Thursday that normal weather patterns are continuing and that there was a 40% chance of the La Nina phenomenon emerging in the Northern ...

Aug. 11 (UPI) --At least two people may be dead and scores of others remain missing after landslides and flooding hit southwest Japan after torrential rain. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba urged ...