Speaking of, Japan is actually split into 14,125 islands, but the only two you have to worry about for skiing are Honshu (the large main island) and Hokkaido (its smaller northern neighbor). Luckily, ...

14, another possible typhoon is forming that could again ruin the three-day holiday weekend across parts of the Japanese archipelago. The Japan Meteorological ... the main Honshu island and ...

7 is projected to slam into the main island of Honshu or Shikoku around Aug. 15, and the Japan Meteorological Agency ... 12, the typhoon was located south of the Japanese mainland and moving ...

(Reuters) -A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near the west coast of Honshu, Japan on Tuesday ... No tsunami warning was issued, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported. There were no immediate ...

Before that, northern parts of Japan saw record rainfall when Tropical Storm Maria hit Honshu island. Typhoons in the region have been forming closer to coastlines, intensifying more rapidly and ...