The Japan Meteorological Agency is considering introducing artificial intelligence into weather forecasting to improve ...

For the first time in 62 years, a region other than Okinawa Prefecture or the Amami islands in far southern Japan is in the ...

Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupted on May 15, 2025, releasing toxic gases and ash that pose serious health risks, including ...

Sakurajima volcano in Japan erupted on May 15, 2025, sending a 3,000-meter ash plume into the air, with authorities closely ...

Japan's weather agency said Friday the rainy season appears to have begun in the southern Kyushu region, marking the first ...

The Kyushu and Shikoku regions are experiencing intermittent rains due to moist air flowing toward a weather front around the East China Sea. Southern Kyushu is likely to see clouds and rain for about ...

More than 30,000 spectators were treated to an ancient Japanese imperial procession, a highlight of Kyoto's Aoi Matsuri ...

Colorado State University predicts an active 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. According to the university's early April report, it forecasts 17 named storms, nine hurricanes and four major hurricanes, ...

This is the first time since statistics began in 1951 that southern Kyushu has entered the rainy season earlier than any ...

Situation Between high pressure over the upper North Island and lows in the Southern Ocean a westerly flow meanders ...

KAGOSHIMA--A massive eruption occurred at Mount Sakurajima here on the evening of July 24, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue the highest alert urging residents to evacuate. The ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency has a unique seismic scale called shindo that measures the degree of shaking in the event of an earthquake. This set of numbers — ranging from 0 to 7 — is ...