Record rainfall led to tragic consequences in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, where six people died, and ten are missing. The floods and landslides ... people dead near a tunnel in Wajima, including ...

In a country like Japan, where torrential rains and typhoons are recurring phenomena, water management becomes a vital ...

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 ...