Rescuers combed the debris-strewn banks of a river in central Japan on Monday, searching for drowning victims after homes were swept away in flooding and landslides that claimed at least seven lives.

The life-preserving backpack is the brainchild of newspaper delivery agent Joji Shimizu who was left dumbfounded by the loss of life at a public elementary school in northeastern Japan as a ...

About 20 percent of Japan’s population resides in areas that are at risk of flooding when heavy rain causes rivers to overflow, according to a recent Asahi Shimbun analysis. The number has ...

VNA/VNS Photo Vũ Sinh Việt Nam could benefit from adopting Japan’s use of underground plastic rainwater storage systems to mitigate flooding. The information was shared at a seminar titled ...

Japan has also been experiencing extreme heat ... others like South Korea and China have reported deadly floods due to unusually heavy rains, leaving several dozen people dead.

VIENTIANE: The government of Japan, a key aid provider to Laos, has pledged financial support amounting to 1.707 billion yen ...

Japan has provided over four million dollars to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on humanitarian grounds to improve water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure in the flood affected areas ...

On New Year's Day, Japan's Noto Peninsula experienced a massive ... washing away homes, flooding temporary housing for quake survivors, and triggering deadly mudslides that cut off communities ...

Japanese insurance company Sompo Japan is back in the catastrophe bond market seeking $150 million or more in reinsurance ...

The Government of Japan has approved a grant amounting to 18.5 million dollars for flood management project in Pakistan. A signing ceremony for exchange of notes and record of discussion between the ...