Japan issues top-level warnings as floods and landslides hit Kyushu Heavy rain lashed Japan’s southern Kyushu island on Friday, triggering floods, landslides and mass evacuations as authorities issued ...

According to national broadcaster NHK, rainfall over the past 24 hours in Kirishima city had already exceeded 20 inches (500 millimeters), and local authorities have issued evacuation warnings to ...

Flooding has killed at least 55 people and forced 2 million others to flee their homes as heavy rain pounded large areas in southwestern Japan this weekend. At least 51 people have been injured and ...

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The Association of Medical Doctors of Asia, based in the city of Okayama, sent a medical team earlier this month to provide ...