More than 260 landslides in Hiroshima Prefecture hamper recovery in the wake of the record rain disaster in western Japa...

Scorching heat continues as a summer high pressure system covers the Japanese archipelago.

Schools reopen while the search for missing people continues in rain- ravaged western Japan.

Weather officials are advising people to take precautions against heatstroke as temperatures remained high across Japan.

A citrus fruit farmer from western Japan tackles the world's most grueling foot race in the Sahara Desert wearing wooden...

The death toll from flooding and landslides in western Japan has reached 200.

Three men are arrested for a robbery attempt at a convenience store in flood-stricken Okayama Prefecture.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits flood-hit Okayama Prefecture for inspection.

An evacuation order is downgraded to a recommendation for Fuchu residents in Hiroshima after flooding subsides.

Extremely powerful Typhoon Maria threatens Japan's southern islands with winds over 70 meters per second.