2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (92+ words) September 7, 2026 at 14:05 JST An electric board warns of scheduled train service suspensions in response to the heavy rain at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 7. (Kenta Sujino) Commuters faced major train disruptions to start the work week,…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (196+ words) Fountains of water blasted metres into the air on the streets of Nagoya as record-breaking rain overwhelmed drains on Tuesday, flooding roads and disrupting transport across parts of the central Japanese city. Footage shows powerful jets of water erupting from…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (232+ words) Researchers at the Japan Meteorological Agency say bands of tall heavy rain clouds, called "squall line type," brought record rainfall last month to Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. Chiba City received about three times the normal rainfall for the entire…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (250+ words) TOKYO (Reuters) — A landslide struck one of the main starting points for climbers on Japan’s Mount Fuji on Wednesday, local broadcaster TBS reported, after heavy rain inundated large parts of the country’s center. Three vehicles were covered by the debris…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (195+ words) A deadly landslide in Kawanehon, Shizuoka Prefecture, struck a construction worker attempting to reinforce a slope on Tuesday, with local authorities confirming his death on Wednesday. Disruptions forced stranded commuters to seek overnight shelter across the city as local businesses…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (266+ words) A landslide struck one of the main starting points for climbers on ‌Mount Fuji on Wednesday, local broadcaster TBS reported, after heavy rain inundated large parts of the country's center. Three ‌vehicles were covered by the debris ⁠but no injuries…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (297+ words) The Weather Channel Manhole erupts in geyser as record rain floods Japan Japan's east coast was drenched by a record-breaking amount of rain as severe flash flooding brought the city to a standstill. The local meteorological office recorded 4.1 inches of…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (376+ words) Central Japan’s Nagoya City announced that it had reached the decision to offer emergency assistance within its city after at least 41 individuals were slightly injured when a linear rain band developed and caused unprecedented amounts of rainfall within the Tokai…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (143+ words) Central Oregon Daily Nagoya, Japan, was drenched by record-breaking heavy rain on Tuesday. The urban area received 4 inches in one hour, the highest rate since records began there in 1890. - 'Breaking laws in a lot of ways:' 30+ e-motorcycle riders take over…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (762+ words) September 9, 2026 | 03:53 pm TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Japan’s Nagoya City Government announced on Wednesday that it would provide citywide emergency aid after a "linear rainband" (senjo kosuitai) dumped record-breaking rainfall on the Tokai region on Tuesday, September 8. As reported by ANTARA, a…...