One lesson from the damage caused by the destructive typhoon that hit Japan in October last year is the need to improve hazard maps that visualize projected data for natural hazards. Hazard maps ...

Japan has issued evacuation orders for nearly a million people in the path of Typhoon Shanshan, as it braces for what ...

This has resulted in low atmospheric pressure over a wide area south of Japan ... vigilant on the movement of Typhoon No. 10. You can find the latest forecast map at the JMA website.

Typhoon Jelwat made landfall in Okinawa, Japan over the weekend causing plenty of damage in its wake, and these two videos below show just how powerful a weakening tropical storm can be.

Late on Tuesday, three people from the same family - a couple in their 70s and a man in his 30s - were killed by a landslide in central Japan ahead of the typhoon's arrival. Their home in Gamagori ...

It is important to understand and prepare for the risks of storm surges well in advance of a typhoon. Local governments in Japan prepare hazard maps that identify flood risk areas and list ...