Weather

The Japanese government plans to fully launch in fiscal 2019 a system in which information on earthquakes, heavy rain and other disasters collected by government agencies and local authorities is displayed on electronic maps, informed sources have said. The system is intended to facilitate the sh...

The number of people taken to hospital by ambulance due to heatstroke stood at 30,410 in Japan in August, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Thursday. The figure, up 76 percent from a year before, was the second highest for any single month since the agency started the survey in 2008...

Winds of over 216 kph are believed to have caused a tanker to crash into Kansai International Airport's access bridge when Typhoon Jebi hit Japan on Tuesday, Jiji Press learned Saturday. The Houn Maru tanker was anchored about 2 km southeast of the man-made island on which the airport sits on Mo...

As powerful Typhoon Jebi approached western parts of Japan, railway operators in the Kansai area acted quickly to inform customers they would halt services in the hope of preventing chaos at stations and encouraging businesses to let workers stay home to ensure safety. West Japan Railway Co. b...

Live updates from The Japan Times newsroom and social media about Typhoon Jebi —  the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years.

Typhoon Jebi — the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years — slammed into the western part of the country on Tuesday, killing at least seven and injuring more than 200, disrupting transportation, heavily damaging the bridge that leads to Kansai International Airport and leading authorities...

On this liveblog, The Japan Times newsroom will be updating the status of Typhoon Jebi as it approaches and makes landfall on the Japanese archipelago.

A "very strong" typhoon in the Pacific Ocean has prompted weather authorities to issue warnings for high waves, flooding and landslides in areas including those struck by disastrous flooding earlier this year. Typhoon Jebi, the 21st storm of the season, is packing winds of up to 252 kph (156 m...

More than 20,000 people were ordered to evacuate in parts of central and northeastern Japan on Friday as heavy rain sparked flooding. The Meteorological Agency also warned of landslides and flooding in other areas as a front bringing heavy rain was expected to move south toward the country's e...

Another elderly patient in Gifu Prefecture has died at a hospital where air conditioning units had broken down amid a heat wave that has gripped the country, police said Wednesday, bring the death toll there to five. The fifth fatality was an 84-year-old male patient who passed away Tuesday ev...