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TOKYO -- The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is calling on people to be wary as heavy snow is expected in the Kanto-Koshin region including the capi

TOKYO -- An avalanche that trapped foreign visitors and claimed two lives, including a world champion freestyle skier, in the central Japan village of

Snow continued to blanket a wide region of northern and eastern Japan on Jan. 26, mainly on the Sea of Japan side, as many parts of the country were h

About 40% of public housing provided for those affected by the devastating March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefe

Heavy showers hit Japans Aomori Prefecture and Hokkaido on Aug. 9 as a weather front stalled over the countrys north, prompting the Japan Meteorolog

TOKYO -- Japans capital has recently updated its earthquake damage estimate for the first time in 10 years, and presented its first

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common question readers may have about possible ocean trench megaquakes that could cause large tsunami along Japans

MORIOKA -- Following the massive volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean on Jan. 15, only around 4% of residents in coasta

MORIOKA -- In 2021, northeast Japans Iwate Prefecture recorded its worst Pacific saury haul since records began in 1989, in a result which comes amid

SHIZUKUISHI, Iwate -- Jan. 12,