It will classify heavy rain, flooding, landslides and storm surges into five alert levels. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A powerful offshore earthquake struck north-eastern Japan late at night, triggering tsunami warnings and setting off ...

Japan will improve its weather advisory and warning system by creating a new category applied in the event of Level 4 emergencies for which municipalities issue evacuation orders, the government said ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's weather bureau said on Thursday that normal weather patterns are continuing and that there was a 40% chance of the La Nina phenomenon emerging in the Northern Hemisphere ...

A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, triggering evacuation orders and a tsunami warning for parts of the coastline. CNN’s Hanako Montgomery reports.

TOKYO, May 10 (Reuters) - Japan's weather bureau said on Friday there was a 90% chance that the El Nino phenomenon will dissipate by the end of May, while there was a 60% chance of the La Nina ...