The Latest Breaking News from Toyama

Weather tracker: More extreme rain in Japan and a tornado in France

Flash flooding and mudslides in Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, while convective storms hit western Europe

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28

Heavy rain and flooding in north-central Japan strands people and vehicles

Torrential rain has struck Japan’s north-central prefectures of Ishikawa and Toyama

The Independent UK · Aug 27

Japan earthquake news – as it happened: highest-level tsunami warning dropped

Buildings collapse, trapping residents, and fires break out but tsunami warning lowered after series of major earthquakes in Japan

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2024

Artists Taka Perry & Kentaro Yoshida On Life, Japan & Creating Art

This article originally appeared on VICE Australia. Japan is one of the few countries on the planet that was never colonised by a Western power. This, combined with it being an island nation and its reluctance to open up to the rest of the world until very recently, has created a…

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 7, 2022

Hokkaido fisherfolk benefit from shift in Japanese yellowtail fishing grounds

Japanese yellowtail fishing grounds have undergone a dramatic shift in recent years. Hokkaido, which previously registered next to no catches, registered the nation's largest annual yellowtail haul in 2020, while Toyama and Niigata prefectures, traditionally known for their winter yellowtail, continue to register poor catches.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 22, 2022