2+ hour, 39+ min ago   (566+ words) YAMANASHI - Climbers who get into trouble on Mount Fuji during the official closed season could be charged for rescue by disaster-prevention helicopters under new safety measures being considered by Yamanashi Prefecture. The prefectural government plans to strengthen measures against climbing…...

16+ hour, 4+ min ago   (622+ words) KYOTO - Roads around the Fushimi Otesuji Shopping Street in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward were flooded on the evening of September 13 after water began gushing from a nearby road, forcing authorities to close part of the street to traffic. Police received multiple…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (707+ words) TOKYO - Tokyo's Koto Ward will conduct on-site inspections of all roughly 400 lodging facilities from January 2027 as it moves to strengthen regulations following a sharp increase in complaints over issues including garbage disposal and nighttime noise. Koto Ward Mayor Tomoka Okubo…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (571+ words) SAITAMA - Large volumes of floodwater poured into the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, following heavy rain on September 7, prompting the massive underground flood-control facility known as the "Underground Temple" to go into operation. The Edogawa…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (669+ words) SHIZUOKA - A landslide struck a parking area at Mount Fuji's Fujinomiya fifth station in Shizuoka Prefecture shortly after midnight on September 9, sweeping up three parked vehicles but causing no injuries, prefectural authorities said. According to Shizuoka Prefecture, a worker at…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1100+ words) TOKYO - Heavy rain continued across wide areas of Japan on September 9 after downpours began the previous day, prompting Level 4 flood danger warnings along several rivers in Tokyo and, at one point, a Level 5 emergency safety alert in Nagoya, while forecasters…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (906+ words) TOKYO - Prosecutors have sought a fine of 200,000 yen for entertainer Dewi Sukarno, widely known in Japan as Dewi Fujin, who is charged with two counts of assault against former members of her agency staff, arguing that the 86-year-old has not…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1565+ words) KYOTO - Kyoto is preparing to effectively prohibit new private lodging operations in residential areas and other parts of the city as complaints over noise, smoking, garbage and operators ignoring existing rules intensify, even as some traditional townhouse owners say tourist…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1625+ words) TOKYO - Tokyo stocks rose sharply on September 7, with the Nikkei 225 closing at 66,399, up 1,378 points, or 2.12%, as buying in artificial intelligence and semiconductor-related shares lifted the headline index, even though more stocks fell than rose across the Prime Market. The broader…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (637+ words) MIYAGI - An evacuation order has been issued for the entire city of Ishinomaki and parts of Marumori in Miyagi Prefecture as heavy rain caused by the autumn rain front disrupts transportation across the region, with a linear rainband potentially forming…...