Floodwater gushed from underground near a train station after heavy downpours hit Japan. Dramatic footage shows water ...

Emergency sirens were heard across Tokyo, Japan, after torrential downpours struck the country, warning residents of flooding ...

Tokyo was hit by a torrential downpour Thursday evening during rush hour, with the Meteorological Agency warning residents to ...

Shinkansen bullet train services in and around Tokyo were temporarily halted Thursday evening due to a torrential downpour, ...

A Japanese man was arrested on Wednesday on charges of assaulting a Chinese man during the Asian Champions League Elite match ...

TOKYO -- Operating profit growth at Fast Retailing slowed to 1.4% for the three months through May, even as the Uniqlo owner ...

Some volunteer fire corps are forcing members to hand over remunerations paid by municipalities despite a government order ...

Heavy rain is forecasted to hit Tokyo and five prefectures in the Kanto region from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, with the ...

A private library in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, started by a Ukrainian woman and featuring Ukrainian-language books, has become a ...

The library was established by Dariia Murakami, 41, of Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture. In 2014, she fled the military conflict occurring in her home country of Ukraine and moved to Japan.

Japan's weather officials are warning of possible torrential downpours from late afternoon throughout the night on Thursday ...