TOKYO (AP) — Downpours on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu caused flooding and mudslides on Monday, injuring a number of people and disrupting travel during a Buddhist holiday week. Evacuation ...

Trains in resource-poor Japan are increasingly being powered by renewable energy sources, as their operators seek to do their part in the country's drive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 to combat ...

"I have never experienced rain like this,” said a Japanese official. Several people were reported missing after heavy rains and landslides in southern Japan flooded homes and swept people away on ...

Aug. 11 (UPI) --At least two people may be dead and scores of others remain missing after landslides and flooding hit southwest Japan after torrential rain. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba urged ...