Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday he has decided to grant official medical benefits to 84 Hiroshima residents who were exposed to highly radioactive “black rain” after the city's ...

The city of Owase, in Mie Prefecture, is known as one of the rainiest places in Japan and the people living ... he discovers how the rain and the mountains create fertile fishing grounds.

The Tohoku region of northern Japan has been pounded by torrential rain, causing many rivers to burst their banks. The Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded its rain alert in Yamagata Prefecture ...

However, northern Japan remains under a heavy rain warning throughout the day. Up to 150 millimeters of rain is forecast for Hokkaido and 100 mm for the Tohoku region over the 24 hours to midnight.

TOKYO -- Flying gigantic kites over the ocean could potentially lessen the impact of torrential rain on land, a team of researchers from institutions including Chiba University and Toyama ...