Residents near the hole have taken shelter at a local school, and there were worries Thursday about flooding and leaking sewage water. There's also been a renewed debate about Japan’s aging ...

A March 7 press release from the MRC explained that under the agreement, Japan will provide a 725 million yen ($4.9 million) ...

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 ...

Japan says it will increase its reliance on nuclear energy in a major policy shift as it seeks to meet growing demand from power-hungry sectors like AI and semiconductors. An energy plan approved by ...

Firefighters from around eastern Japan have joined in the effort to slow the largest forest fire in Japan in 30 years after ...

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VNA/VNS Photo Vũ Sinh Việt Nam could benefit from adopting Japan’s use of underground plastic rainwater storage systems to mitigate flooding. The information was shared at a seminar titled ...

Extreme rainfall and flooding in Yamagata Prefecture have likely caused significant damage, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced on July 25. The agency issued a special warning urging ...

Japan has also been experiencing extreme heat, with temperatures expected to rise to 39 degrees Celsius on Monday. In the US, over 90 million Americans were under extreme heat advisories ...