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Typhoon Dujuan Kills Two, Prompts Evacuation Orders for More Than 1.6 Million in Eastern Japan

Heavy, localized rain and strong winds are producing life-threatening landslide and flood risks across coastal prefectures.

Typhoon Dujuan Forces Evacuations and Widespread Transport Shutdowns in Eastern Japan

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Typhoon Dujuan Nears Tokyo, Forcing Evacuations and Major Travel Disruptions

Japan RQ-4B Global Hawk Crashes Off Tottori and Wreckage Is Found

Japan Land Prices Rise for Fifth Straight Year

Japan Raises Mt. Tokachi Volcanic Alert to Level 3

Nagoya Floods After Record 104.5 mm Hour of Rain

Three Nepalese Arrested in Fukuoka Student’s River Death

Record Rain Prompts Level 5 Landslide Warnings on Japan’s Izu Islands

Fire Erupts During Chimney Dismantling at Quake-Damaged Nippon Paper Plant

Russia Warns Over U.S. Typhon Deployment Ahead of Orient Shield Exercises

Japan Expands Bear Culls as Tech and Local Programs Scale to Protect Towns

School Staffer Arrested Over Two Love‑Hotel Hamster Killings

Level 5 Heavy Rain Hits Fukui as Nepal‑China Floods Leave Nearly 3,000 Missing

Volunteers Pull Hirosaki Castle Keep Back Toward Original Site

Japan Approves ¥147.8 Billion Recovery Package for Kyushu That Includes Travel Subsidies

1,800 Volunteers Pull Hirosaki Castle Keep More Than 2 Metres

Four Tropical Cyclones Create Overlapping Flood and Wind Hazards in East Asia

Father Leaves 7-Year-Old Alone on Mount Fuji; Child Found Unharmed

M5.9 Quake Shakes Tokyo Region and M6.0 Hits Hokkaido