Located on the Sea of Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture once held a powerful place in feudal Japan. We can see this legacy today at ...

The officials did nothing. The flooding after a dam collapsed in northeastern Nigeria.Credit... Supported by By Ruth Maclean and Ismail Alfa Photographs and Video by Fati Abubakar Ruth Maclean ...

A Syrian resident of Japan is drawing on his own experience to help survivors of the Jan. 1 Noto earthquake. Salim Mazen has been delivering supplies and hope in equal measure.

With many rivers flowing through the area, authorities do their utmost to mitigate damage from flooding. The Metropolitan Outer Area Underground Discharge Channel is a unique feat of engineering ...

This initiative by West Japan Railway Co (JR West) comes in response to several violent incidents on trains, including a knife attack in July 2023 that left three passengers injured. In a separate ...

“The flooding followed the earthquake in the same year,” said Junzo Yoshino, 84, in Wajima. His house was completely destroyed in the Jan. 1 quake. After staying at an evacuation shelter and friends’ ...

Monday marks one month since record-breaking downpours hit the Noto region in central Japan. People affected by flooding and landslides ... for a woman in her 30s in Wajima City who remains ...

The agriculture ministry said this year's flooding has resulted in a substantial loss of rice production. In response, the government is moving quickly to import 500,000 tons of rice and is ...

It's usually a serene two-and-a-half-hour ride on Japan's famously efficient bullet train. But the journey quickly descended into a zombie apocalypse, with passengers ...

Video: Japan's earthquake horror sparks panic buying ... quakes are coming Powerful earthquake sparks massive blaze in Wajima as Japan braces for tsunami. A tsunami of about 3 meters high is ...

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party may lose its outright majority in the lower house of parliament for the first time since 2009 in this month’s election while keeping control of the ...

Torrential rain in northeastern Japan from the evening of Aug. 3 caused ... Roads were cut off due to the flooding and villages were reported isolated. In Murakami, one house caught up in ...