A researcher conducted a survey on the use of private wells during the 2018 Western Japan floods in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, which was affected by water supply disruptions. Society is ...

Japan has suffered flooding, typhoons, earthquakes and heatwaves in 2018, leading the economy to shrink. It fell by 1.2% in the third quarter thanks to the damage caused by the events. The Kyoto ...

During the 2018 disaster, one of the worst flooding disasters in decades in western Japan, record-breaking downpours continued for long hours in wider areas. Special heavy rain warnings were ...

A research group from Hiroshima University has found an increase in bronchial asthma among children affected by the torrential rains in July 2018 that devastated western Japan, particularly in ...

Six people have been killed and 10 others are missing after record rainfall caused floods and landslides in parts of Japan's Ishikawa prefecture. The cities of Wajima and Suzu, which are still ...

during water supply disruptions due to the 2018 west Japan floods. The findings were published in Water International. The study examined actual implementation of adaptive governance, where ...

during water supply disruptions due to the 2018 west Japan floods. The study examined actual implementation of adaptive governance, where multiple levels of government, nonprofits, and local ...