Typhoon Talas has resulted in the death of two people, left one person missing and three others injured in Japan's central Shizuoka Prefecture, Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday

Authorities in Japan have urged over 138,000 people to evacuate due to the risk of landslides and flooding amid heavy rains that have hit the country, a national broadcaster said on Saturday

Japanese officials called on people in Tokyo and eight other prefectures to reduce electricity consumption after power supply was constricted in the aftermath of a large earthquake last week, Japanese media reported on Tuesday

Japan records the first fatality of a patient infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus, Japanese national news agency Kyodo reported on Saturday

Families of the victims, and survivors of a deadly mudslide that occurred at a hot spring resort in Japan's city of Atami in early July, sued landowners on Tuesday, demanding compensation payments of 3.2 billion yen (nearly $29 million), the Kyodo news agency reported