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About 200,000 people have been evacuated due to floods caused by heavy rains in Japan's Fukui, Yamagata, Niigata, Fukushima, Ishikawa, and Toyama prefectures. Two people have gone missing and many houses have been flooded, officials said.…

Heavy rains hit the northeastern region of Japan. Due to torrential rains in the states of Aomori, Iwate and Akita, water levels in many rivers in the region rose to critical levels. Floods occurred in some rivers. Landslides caused…

Due to the ongoing extreme heat in Japan, 7,116 people have been hospitalized. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) predicted that the extreme heat would last until next week. Officials issued a heatstroke warning. On the other hand,…

Heavy rains, particularly in Japan's Shizuoka province, caused flooding. The local administration of Hamamatsu has ordered the evacuation of 189,526 people living in 74,984 households in disaster-prone areas. In the city of Kosai,…

The Sakurajima Volcano in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture has erupted on 24 July. 51 people were evacuated from the area around the volcano. The Japan Meteorological Agency raised the volcano's alert level from 3 to 5 following the eruption.…

Heavy rain caused flooding in some areas of Japan, where evacuation orders were issued for 470,000 people. Following the Japan Meteorological Agency's (JMA) warnings, local authorities issued evacuation orders for 470,000 people living in…

Shinzo Abe, Japan's former Prime Minister, was assassinated during an election speech in Nara city. A man in his forties dressed in a gray T-shirt and beige trousers approached Abe from behind as he spoke to the public near Yamato-Saidaiji…

During the 1970ʼs and 1980ʼs, many Japanese citizens disappeared under unusual circumstances. In the course of time, North Korea admitted that it had abducted Japanese citizens and apologized. As a result of the efforts made by Japanese…

After Japan's capital, Tokyo, was hit by the most severe heatwave in June since 1875, the government called on Tokyo and surrounding areas to save electricity amid rising energy needs and supply problems. The need for electricity, which…

The "Jinrikisha" phaetons, which were invented years ago in Japan to transport people from homes to train stations, still remain popular in the country. Historical phaetons pulled by people started to carry passengers again in Tokyo's…