Just a few weeks ago, Japan had a scare when a megaquake warning was put in place following huge tremors being recorded. That ...

winds gusting near 100 mph could cause some damage. A potentially more significant hazard facing Japan is flooding from heavy rainfall. While building codes mandate resilience to typhoon winds ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency is urging residents to make early preparations to avoid damage from landslides, swollen rivers and howling winds. Authorities said the typhoon is expected to ...

More than 800 flights were cancelled and tens of thousands of homes lost power as a slow-moving typhoon made landfall in western Japan early on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue flood and ...

The full extent of damage from Typhoon Hagibis remains unknown. The violent storm ravaged Japan over the weekend, killing more than 73 people. Emergency crews across the country are racing against ...

Japan is considered a nation with a particularly ... Because this law was based on a presumption of typhoon damage, it was fundamentally ill-suited to dealing with large scale earthquake damage ...

Typhoon Hagibis, one of the strongest in ... as past typhoons that developed in the area frequently caused significant damage in Japan. The area is far from any land masses and the water is ...

TOKYO (AFP): An approaching typhoon battered communities along Japan's Pacific coast Monday (Aug 14) with heavy rain and crashing waves, prompting authorities to warn about landslides and flooding.

To help fill this gap, a research team has investigated the connection between the degree of housing damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) and all-cause mortality. Using long ...