The end of the rainy (Baiu) season in the Kanto region and northern Japan is induced by a "convection jump," known as the abrupt enhancement of convective activity (precipitation) over the northeast ...

Tropical storm Yun-yeung is approaching central Japan. Atmospheric conditions are becoming extremely unstable in the Kanto-Koshin region. Radar analysis shows some parts of Chiba Prefecture ...

Record-breaking snowfall wreaked havoc in northern Japan last week, leaving at least three people dead and 54 injured as of ...

The tropical storm is moving eastward over the ... In western and eastern Japan, the risk of disasters due to the rain is expected to rise sharply toward Saturday. The Meteorological Agency ...

Tropical storm Nepartak is headed straight for Japan and may and could make its presence known during the Games. A tropical depression formed on Friday morning, local time, north-northeast of Guam ...

A slow-moving tropical storm had a far-reaching impact in much of Japan on Friday, dumping heavy rain around Tokyo and flooding roads and riverside areas in the south. Flooding was reported in a ...

The world’s tropical regions are home to the widest ... continued to post a serious threat to biodiversity. For more Japanese stories and articles, follow us on Ease into the English language ...

Meanwhile, Typhoon No. 5, which made landfall in Iwate Prefecture on Aug. 12, has weakened into a tropical depression located over the Sea of Japan as of 3 a.m. on Aug. 13. However, northern Japan ...

The abrupt enhancement of convective activity (precipitation) over the northeast of the Philippines in late July, known as the "convection jump," is closely related to the end of the rainy season in ...

In a study published in the Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II ... revealed coupled atmosphere-ocean system in the tropics related to the warm sea surface temperature.