A Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) official said that this was "shaping up to be an unprecedented level of heavy rain." ...

Unprecedented rainfall in Japan's Chiba Prefecture stranded thousands at Narita Airport and triggered the region's first highest-level rain warning.

At least five people died after torrential rain battered eastern Japan, stranding 6,000 at Narita airport and flooding homes.

The torrential downpours late on Thursday triggered landslide warnings and power outages, with forecasters issuing the highest-level heavy rain warning for the Chiba region for the first time.

Record-breaking rainfall that pounded cities east of Tokyo overnight flooded roads and dozens of homes, stranded thousands of people, caused power outages and left at least four people dead and one ...

At least four dead and thousands stranded at Tokyo airport as record rain batters Japan - ‘Unprecedented’ rainfall floods roads, rail lines and homes east of capital ...

By IntelliNews - Tokyo Bureau A woman in her 60s died after her car became submerged at an underpass in Iwaki, northeastern ...

Special heavy rain warnings issued for Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures with flooding and evacuation advisories amid life-threatening conditions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Heavy rain battered parts of Japan on Monday, killing a woman after her car was flooded in an underpass in the city of Iwaki in north-eastern Fukushima prefecture, broadcaster NHK reported.