Emergency workers have been hampered by unstable ground since Tuesday, when a truck and its driver were swallowed north of ...

Japan's northern island of Hokkaido has been hit by a powerful earthquake, triggering landslides that engulfed houses. At least nine people have been killed and about 40 are missing, say local ...

Torrential rain in northeastern Japan from the evening of Aug. 3 caused widespread damage, with rivers overflowing and inundating roads and houses. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the ...

Linear rainbands have dumped record levels of heavy rain in Aomori and Akita prefectures, causing mudslides and flooding ... areas of Akita Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced ...

A rescue operation is still ongoing a day after a truck and its driver fell into a sinkhole on Tuesday (Jan 28).

Mudslides stretched about more than 2 km in Atami, Shizuoka Pref. Officials say at least 54,000 cubic meters had been used to fill a valley in roughly the area where the mudslide began.