Emergency workers have been hampered by unstable ground since Tuesday, when a truck and its driver were swallowed north of ...

Tropical Storm Shanshan slowly made its way northeast through Japan toward the capital Saturday, setting off a mudslide that killed three people, halting trains and leaving underground passages ...

Japan's northern island of Hokkaido has been hit by a powerful earthquake, triggering landslides that engulfed houses. At least nine people have been killed and about 40 are missing, say local ...

Torrential rain in northeastern Japan from the evening of Aug. 3 caused widespread damage, with rivers overflowing and inundating roads and houses. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the ...

A relatively small amount of rainfall last month apparently triggered mudslides in the Noto Peninsula because debris had accumulated along mountain streams during an earthquake in January ...

Four people have been confirmed dead following huge mudslides that swept away at least ... was triggered by torrential rains along much of Japan's Pacific coast. Weather officials are warning ...

A rescue operation is still ongoing a day after a truck and its driver fell into a sinkhole on Tuesday (Jan 28).