ITOIGAWA, Niigata -- This central Japan city famed for its jade stones ... which oversee a portion of the city's rivers, have ...

YOKOHAMA -- An increasing number of water sports enthusiasts in Japan are taking to stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) on rivers that wind through urban centers and residential neighborhoods.

Rescue workers in Japan searched Monday for three people ... On Monday, residents were cleaning up in flood-hit parts of Iwata city in Shizuoka, where a river bank was breached and dozens of ...