The Association of Medical Doctors of Asia, based in the city of Okayama, sent a medical team earlier this month to provide ...

Peak rainfall in parts of the region is expected to reach as high as 1.5 inches per hour, according to the National Weather ...

From record-breaking wildfires and earthquakes to cyclones and monsoon floods, millions of people were displaced, communities devastated, and economies strained.

World Golf Hall of Fame member Masashi 'Jumbo' Ozaki has died at the age of 78, with tributes pouring in from across the ...

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A Japanese nongovernmental organization is giving medical assistance on Indonesia's Sumatra island, where deadly floods have caused heavy damage with many local residents still evacuated. According to ...

Around the world, rising temperatures and erratic weather are forcing animals to adapt in startling ways – with consequences ...

Many Japanese tourism businesses are concerned that the situation could drag on to early next year. Read more at straitstimes ...

Security has been tightened at German Christmas markets after recent deadly attacks. But if some online videos were to be believed, they've become barbed-wire fortresses guarded by armoured personnel ...

The day starts like any other. An exhausted single mom, researcher An-na (Kim Da-mi), wakes up with her eager young son, Ja-in (Kwon Eun-sung), in her bed. He’s chomping at the bit to go swimming and ...

Residents and emergency crews in towns along the rain-engorged Skagit River in western Washington state braced on Friday for potential levee failures while U.S. National Guard troops assisted in ...

Arumugam Manikavalli, awakened by ferocious rain and rumbling earth, fled her home for the safety of a nearby temple on the ...