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Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2025
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
The Japan Meteorological Agency urged vigilance against river flooding, inundation of low-lying areas and landslides, while also warning of lightning, sudden gusts and hail.
A tornado that struck Shizuoka Prefecture on Friday is estimated to have been one of the strongest in Japan, with an instantaneous wind speed of 75 meters per second, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2025
Tornado that hit Shizuoka one of Japan's strongest
The Japan Meteorological Agency estimated Friday's tornado had an instantaneous wind speed of 75 meters per second.
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue warnings of landslides and other disasters due to heavy rainfall in several areas.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2025
Tropical Storm Peipah brings heavy rain to parts of western Japan
The 15th named storm of the year made landfall near the city of Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture, at around 1 a.m. and was moving east along Japan's Pacific coast.
Tropical Storm Peipah, which formed off southeastern Japan, is expected to travel east off the Tokai area and the Kanto region.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2025
Tropical Storm Peipah forms off southwestern Japan
From the Kyushu region, the tropical storm is expected to travel east off the Tokai area and the Kanto region before turning into an extratropical cyclone.
Vehicles move along a flooded road following monsoon rains and rising water levels in Sialkot, Punjab province, Pakistan, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2025
Deadly rains force mass evacuations in India and Pakistan
Flash floods and landslides have left more than 2,000 people dead across both countries this season, with about five weeks left in the monsoon and more heavy rain forecast.
A resident removes sludge from his damaged house a day after flash floods in the Buner district of mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Aug. 16.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 27, 2025
Pakistan's monsoon misery is nature's fury, but also man's mistake
Unless construction and sewer maintenance are better regulated, annual downpours that have left hundreds dead in recent months will continue to kill.
Shinjiro Koizumi, flanked by Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama, greets rice farmers during a discussion in the city of Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2025
Farm minister promises 'necessary measures' to counter extreme weather events
Shinjiro Koizumi underlines the government's plan for creating agricultural infrastructure that is more resistant to disasters and climate change.
Two Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members killed during a training exercise in Oita Prefecture on Sunday died from electrocution caused by lightning, the GSDF confirmed Wednesday.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 21, 2025
GSDF confirms two sergeants who died during drills were killed by lightning
According to the Oita Meteorological Office, a lightning warning was in effect throughout the prefecture from early morning to night on the day they died.
People wade through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Karachi on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 21, 2025
Pakistan's financial capital Karachi hit by torrential rain and flooding
The monsoon has brought havoc across Pakistan in recent days with the death toll from floods that hit the mountainous northwest on Friday rising to 385.
Onlookers at the site of a rescue operation after flooding in Beshonai, Pakistan, a village that sits near the border with Afghanistan, on Monday
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 19, 2025
Survivors claw through rubble after deadly Pakistan cloudburst
"A huge bang came from the top of the mountain, and then dark smoke billowed into the sky," a 46-year-old local laborer said.
An aerial view shows houses partially submerged in sludge along a riverbed in the aftermath of flash floods at the Buner district of mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2025
Flash floods kill hundreds in northwest Pakistan district after rare cloudburst
Officials say global warming has changed the pattern of the annual monsoon, pushing it around 100 kilometers west of its normal path.
Hurricane Erin, which is the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season and was downgraded into a dangerous Category 4 hurricane Saturday, moves westward near Puerto Rico in a composite satellite image.
WORLD
Aug 17, 2025
Erin downgraded to formidable Category 4 hurricane
The NHC forecast Saturday that the storm was moving toward the west-northwest at nearly 23 kph with a turn more northward expected to occur on Monday into Tuesday.
People gather in Mingora, the main city of Swat Valley, in monsoon-hit northern Pakistan's mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2025
Pakistan rescuers recover bodies after monsoon rains kill 340
Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan killed at least 340 people in the past 48 hours, authorities said.
A man stands in front of a flooded workshop in Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2025
Torrential rain in Kumamoto Prefecture leaves two dead
Four people remain missing in Kyushu after heavy rain lashed the region from Sunday to Tuesday.
Heavy rain falls in the city of Kumamoto on Monday morning.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2025
Millions told to evacuate as heavy rain sparks flooding and landslides in Kyushu
Footage from various communities in Kumamoto Prefecture showed houses, stores and vehicles submerged in water while surging rivers swept away vehicles and damaged roads.
An embankment on the Amikake River that collapsed due to heavy rain in Aira, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday. Downpours continued in the Kyushu region over the weekend.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2025
Weather agency warns of landslides and flooding in Kyushu as heavy rain continues
Wide areas of the country also experienced rainfall Sunday due to a large stationary front. Rainfall is projected to continue until at least Tuesday morning.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba responds to questions from the press regarding the heavy rain in Kagoshima Prefecture, at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2025
Heavy rain emergency warning issued for Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture
Local authorities issued the highest-level warning on the country's five-tier disaster alert system for the city of Kirishima and some other parts of Kagoshima Prefecture.
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa is expected to pass east of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday morning.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2025
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa approaches eastern Japan
The Meteorological Agency is warning people on the Izu Islands and in the Kanto region to remain on alert for high waves, heavy rain and gusts.
An elderly man clears mud in front of a flooded market after heavy rains at Taishitun village in Miyun district, on the outskirts of Beijing, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 29, 2025
Floods kill dozens after Beijing records almost a year of rainfall in days
China's usually arid north has seen record precipitation in recent years, with some scientists linking the rainfall to global warming.
Torrential rains triggered a landslide in Sancheong, South Korea, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 20, 2025
Death toll rises to 14 in South Korea as heavy rain triggers landslide and flooding
Two people have died and a further two were missing in the South Korean resort town of Gapyeong on Sunday amid heavy rainfall.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
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Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
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Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
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Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
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