Since Japan sees the sun rise 16 hours before California, we fly backwards in time. Twenty-five hours in transit, leaving ...

Japan Coast Guard officials say a body found off the coast of central Japan is that of 14-year-old Kiso Hanon, who went missing during the recent torrential rains in Ishikawa Prefecture.

WAJIMA, Japan — Rescue workers scoured the trash-strewn banks of a river in central Japan on Monday, searching for victims after homes were swept away in flooding and landslides that claimed at ...

Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a ...

Record rains in central Japan's Noto region has killed at least one person, prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands and caused blackouts for more than 6,000 households. Hourly rainfall ...

The regional government in Ishikawa on the Sea of Japan coast said two were missing and the status of eight people was unknown. Heavy rain pounded Ishikawa from Saturday, with more than 540 ...

A dozen rivers in the region, on the west coast of central Japan that was hit by a large quake on New Year's Day, had burst their banks by 11:00 am (0200 GMT), land ministry official Masaru Kojima ...

Floods and landslides killed one person and left at least 11 missing in central Japan, with recovery teams at work on Sunday in a remote peninsula already devastated by a major earthquake this year.

They also urged caution regarding possible downpours on Friday in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, following last month's heavy rainfall damage. The Meteorological Agency ...

The tankan is among the data being closely watched to show what the central bank might do on interest rates. The Bank of Japan ended negative interest rates in March and in July raised its short ...

The Bank of Japan is widely expected to keep interest rates on hold at its two-day meeting ending Friday as it parses the impact of its recent rate hikes. The central bank shifted away from more ...