People can visit the flood protection facility in Kasukabe, which safeguards Tokyo and has shafts large enough to fit the ...

Tropical storm Shanshan continued to impact Japan, causing torrential rain, landslides and widespread flooding over the weekend. The storm, which achieved windspeeds up to 252km/h before it made ...

Parts of western Japan hit by deadly floods and landslides face unprecedented danger, officials warn, with more downpours expected. Scores of people have died, while about 1.5 million people have ...

About 20 percent of Japan’s population resides in areas that are at risk of flooding when heavy rain causes rivers to overflow, according to a recent Asahi Shimbun analysis. The number has ...

This eLearning course shares key lessons learned from Japan’s IUFRM efforts to help members of the international community improve their own local approaches to managing urban floods. The course is ...