Tokyo is in crisis as torrential rainfall batters the Japanese capital, unleashing flash floods and triggering emergency ...

Tokyo was hit by a torrential downpour Thursday evening during rush hour, with the Meteorological Agency warning residents to ...

On July 10, 2025, record rainfall over 100 mm per hour caused severe flooding in Tokyo and surrounding regions. Roads were ...

Torrential rains have pounded Japan's Kanto-Koshin region, including Tokyo. Authorities say people should stay alert for ...

Japan's weather officials are warning of a heightened risk of torrential downpours in central Tokyo and surrounding areas ...

KASUKABE, Japan >> Just after 5 a.m. on Aug. 30, water began flooding a vast underground chamber, called “the cathedral,” just north of Tokyo. The gushing water, captured by security cameras ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency on Friday issued flood and landslide warnings in two dozen prefectures, including Tokyo and some as far as Iwate, in the northeast. Officials also warned of high ...

Tokyo Metro's Ichigaya Station is seen flooded at about 7 p.m. on Aug. 21, 2024, in this image from the account of X (formerly Twitter) user "GZL-Koichi." When central Tokyo was hit by torrential ...

Underneath a stretch of highway north of Tokyo lies an example of Japan’s prowess in engineering solutions to potentially destructive weather events: A network of concrete tunnels and colossal ...

A one-of-a-kind flood control facility upstream from Tokyo. The Metropolitan Outer Area Underground Discharge Channel is one of the world's largest pieces of flood control infrastructure.

TOKYO – About 14 storeys beneath bustling Tokyo, or 42m underground, lies a cavern of tunnels and vaults that temporarily stores swelling rainwater to prevent flooding above ground.. Climate ...