Danas was a tropical storm in the East China Sea Monday afternoon Taiwan time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its ...

Satellite imagery can help determine the strength, size and cohesion of a storm. The stronger a storm becomes, the more ...

Japan plans to build an underground bomb shelter on its westernmost island that’s capable of housing up to 200 people.

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

Travel picturesque parts of northern Japan through grasslands, snowy ridges, fields of wildflowers, and more. Engage with various characters, add to your map, and discover statues to unlock new ...

"Explore the top 5 winter adventures in North Japan! From thrilling snow sports to scenic winter hikes, discover the best activities to experience in this stunning region during the colder months ...

The Japan Times reported that this is the country’s largest wildfire since at least 1992, when a blaze burned nearly 1,000 hectares (2500 acres) on the northern island of Hokkaido.

Residents in Hokkaido, Japan became stuck in their homes after a record-breaking 4 feet of snow fell in the region in just 12 hours on February 4. Air travel was severely disrupted, over 370 ...

Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.

After the 1831 eruption, cooler and drier conditions emerged in the Northern Hemisphere. Reports of widespread hunger and hardship swiftly followed, with famines sweeping across India, Japan and ...

The Tohoku region (Yamagata, Akita, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures) and Tokyo are seen on Google Maps. (=Click/tap photo for more images) Japan can be roughly divided into eight ...

AKITA -- An incident in which a bear entered a supermarket in a densely populated residential area in the northern Japan city of Akita, attacking an employee and eating meat on the shelves before ...