Heavy snow is expected on the Sea of Japan side of the country through Feb. 6 as the strongest cold air of the season flows ...

The Tohoku region of northern Japan has been pounded by torrential rain, causing many rivers to burst their banks. The Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded its rain alert in Yamagata Prefecture ...

Heavy rain is forecast for western Japan on Nov. 1 to 2 and in eastern Japan on Nov. 2 to 3 due to a low-pressure system as Typhoon No. 21 weakens and a front. The Japan Meteorological Agency is ...

Japan often experiences periods of extreme rainfall, and damage can be extensive. But accurately predicting the formation and path of these bands of heavy rain clouds is difficult.

Depicting a driving rain with such diagonal lines is said to have originated with Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints such as “Ohashi Atake no Yudachi” (Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and ...