4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (210+ words) Nagoya issued its highest-level emergency warning for heavy rain and flooding Tuesday evening, as videos of inundated roads and buildings spread on social media. The warning, issued for parts of Chikusa Ward, Moriyama Ward and Meito Ward, cited a significantly…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (135+ words) The Japan Times Kumamoto – While a shopping mall explosion and areas struggling with water outages following a massive earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture in late July have made major headlines, people in some quake-affected areas in the prefecture are concerned about…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (525+ words) Major quakes are commonplace. The most notable ones in the past two decades include the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake and the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. The latest one, a magnitude 7.1 also in Kumamoto, struck on July 28, recording an…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (140+ words) Active faults in and around the Kinki region could trigger an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 or larger with a 50-60% probability within the next 30 years, a government panel has said. Chance of huge quake hitting western Japan in the next…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (132+ words) The Japan Meteorological Agency issued Level 5 emergency rain warnings to some municipalities in Toyama and Ishikawa Prefectures on Thursday morning. The emergency warnings, issued at 6:20 a.m., cover the city of Himi in Toyama, and the city of Hakui and the towns…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (367+ words) YATSUSHIRO, KUMAMOTO PREF. – The July 28 earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture has dealt a blow to Japan’s top tomato production center in the city of Yatsushiro, damaging irrigation systems and greenhouse equipment. The city, where a seismic intensity of upper 6 was recorded…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (381+ words) The Japanese Red Cross Society has expressed concern over possible health issues of evacuees nearly a month after a powerful earthquake hit Kumamoto Prefecture. In a news conference held at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Tuesday, JRCS…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (139+ words) The Japan Times The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday that 41,174 people were sent to the hospital by ambulance for heatstroke nationwide in July, as many locations recorded temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius or higher. The figure was the third…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (182+ words) An approaching typhoon has forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights in and out of Okinawa Prefecture, as Japan’s holiday period draws to a close. ANA Holdings and Japan Airlines canceled a total of 279 flights affecting 41,688 people due to storm…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (318+ words) The Japan Meteorological Agency plans to make longer-term weather forecasts more detailed and accurate, to help people and businesses better prepare for extreme weather events that are becoming more frequent. An expert panel convened by the agency recently compiled a…...