Devastating floods and landslides triggered by Japan's 'heaviest rain ever' have left at least two dead with thousands warned their lives are in danger and facing urgent calls to evacuate.

Unusually heavy rain on the mountainous island of Kyushu has killed at least six people and left three others missing. By John Yoon and Hisako Ueno Heavy rains in southwestern Japan have washed ...

Torrential rain triggered landslides and flooding in southwestern Japan on Monday, killing at least three people and leaving several others missing. A chief forecaster at the Japan Meteorological ...

Heavy rain pounded Japan's northcentral region of Noto on Saturday which triggered landslides and floods and left one person dead and several missing, officials said. The deluges caused swollen ...

The downpours, which forecasters had warned risked being the region's "heaviest rain experienced", prompted evacuation notices for hundreds of thousands of people. Japan is currently in its annual ...

Typhoon Shanshan is slamming southern parts of Japan, bringing with it a slew of impacts that will affect much of the archipelago. Emergency warnings for torrential rain, strong winds, high waves ...

The main threat across the rest of Japan will continue to be widespread significant downpours, with some areas in Shikoku and Honshu potentially seeing 0.4 meters (16 inches) of rain. This story ...

Rain appears to have halted the spread of Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, officials said Thursday, as residents expressed relief the smoke was gone. The blaze had raged around ...

Every year in Japan, forecasts of heavy rain bring concerns about flooding and landslides, with such storms leading to hundreds of deaths and destroying thousands of homes in recent years.