NEWSWORTHY
West Japan rains to be designated 'extremely severe disaster' to increase state aid subsidies
The government plans to designate the torrential rain that wreaked havoc in western Japan as a disaster of extreme severity so that subsidies for reconstruction projects can be increased.
At least six dead, 1,500 hospitalized as heat wave hits Japan
A heat wave is blamed for killing at least six people — in Toyama, Shizuoka, Tottori, Hiroshima, Oita and Kumamoto prefectures — and hospitalizing more than 1,500 others, a Kyodo News tally shows.
A cram school in the Mabicho district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, has reopened to accept both its own students and others whose schools were damaged by the region's deadly rains this month. In the wake of the disaster, the city's education board decided to keep ...
About 5,900 flood evacuees still in shelters; Tokyo moves to expedite aid
As of Friday, the deadly rains had caused over 600 landslides in 31 prefectures and halted seven expressways, 39 national roads and 24 train lines.
Thousands of volunteers began streaming into western Japan on Saturday to spend the three-day weekend helping flood-hit residents clean up their mud-caked homes and neighborhoods. The governments of hard-hit Ehime, Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures said they expect some 18,000 volunteers to arrive from across the ...
The heavy toll of last week's heavy rains in western Japan highlight flaws in the nation's disaster defenses.
Japan hit by worst weather disaster in decades: Why did so many die?
Torrential rains unleashed floods and set off landslides in western Japan last week, killing at least 176 people, forcing millions to evacuate and leaving dozens missing in the country's worst weather disaster in 36 years. Below are some reasons for the high death toll: Extreme weather Remnants ...
Risk of deadly flood in badly hit area of Okayama Prefecture known in advance
The danger of flooding in the Mabicho district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, had been well acknowledged before it was submerged in floodwaters after torrential rains hit the area over the weekend. Dozens of people have been confirmed dead in the district, which suffered severe flooding ...
Water outages continue in flood-hit areas across western Japan, as death toll tops 170
At least 254,084 homes are still cut off from water supples in Hiroshima, Ehime and Okayama prefectures, those hardest hit by last week’s torrential rains.
Rescuers race against time as death toll in western Japan floods rises to at least 176
Crews were in a pitched battle against the clock Tuesday to save more than 50 people still missing 72 hours after torrential rains first began to deluge the region.
Despite precautions, geographic vulnerabilities raise risks for Japan during deadly downpours
Japan is notoriously prone to natural disasters, including earthquakes and tsunami, and is generally considered well-prepared to cope. So why has record rainfall caused more than 100 deaths? Here are some of the factors that have contributed to the worst rain-related disaster in the nation ...
Torrential rains leave trail of destruction in western Japan
The death toll from torrential rains in western Japan moved above 100 early Monday, with dozens of others still missing after massive flooding and landslides destroyed homes and displaced tens of thousands. This is a selection of scenes of the widespread damage. Rescue workers hunt ...
