Tropical Storm Shanshan slowly made its way northeast through Japan toward the capital Saturday, setting off a mudslide that killed three people, halting trains and leaving underground passages ...

TOKYO, Japan (CNN)-- Hundreds of rescue workers searched for missing residents Thursday -- two days after torrential rains triggered floods and mudslides in western Japan and killed eight people.

Torrential rain in northeastern Japan from the evening of Aug. 3 caused widespread damage, with rivers overflowing and inundating roads and houses. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the ...

Linear rainbands have dumped record levels of heavy rain in Aomori and Akita prefectures, causing mudslides and flooding ... areas of Akita Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced ...