Meanwhile, Typhoon No. 5, which made landfall in Iwate ... Up to 150 millimeters of rain is forecast for Hokkaido and 100 mm for the Tohoku region over the 24 hours to midnight.

Hokkaido and the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan were drenched in heavy downpours on Aug. 10 by the remnants of Typhoon No. 9, prompting an evacuation order for one town and a village being ...

The Hokkaido Railway Company has decided to suspend ... causing flooding and inundation. Typhoon Shanshan developed slowly after it made landfall in western Japan. Shanshan formed over the sea ...

A strong earthquake rocked Japan's northern island of Hokkaido shortly after 3AM on Thursday -- just one day after powerful typhoon Jebi left traces of destruction in the region. The intense ...

Some 1.6 million residents across Hokkaido remain without power. The quake is the second disaster to hit Japan this week, after a deadly typhoon lashed the country's west coast. The earthquake ...