TOKYO -- Flying gigantic kites over the ocean could potentially lessen the impact of torrential rain on land, a team of researchers from institutions including Chiba University and Toyama ...

At least 155 people have died in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Japan, says the government. It is the highest death toll caused by rainfall that Japan has seen in ...

(Mainichi/Yoko Kunimoto) The sun doesn't come out much during the winter in Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, the trio making up the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan. However ...

Nearly two million people have been urged to evacuate their homes amid heavy rainfall in parts of Japan. Highest-level rain warnings have been issued in a number of prefectures, including Fukuoka ...

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 ...

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Now, the same central Japan area has been hit by torrential downpours, with rivers bursting their banks and hillsides crumbling. Floods and mudslides across the Noto region in Ishikawa Prefecture ...

Heavy rainfall in western Japan left at least one person dead and two residents missing due to landslides and flooded roads. Prefectural authorities said an elderly male was pulled out of a car ...

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 ...

In this photo unrelated to the research, people raise a large kite in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on May 4, 2019. (Mainichi/Shinichi Cho) TOKYO -- Flying gigantic kites over the ocean could ...