Some people might want to block or divert a river and use the water for some other purpose, such as farming. 04:52 To do so, they can pile up earth and stones in the river and build a weir.

The Mogami River is one of the most important waterways in northern Japan. It runs for 229 kilometers through Yamagata Prefecture, with around 80% of the prefecture's population living along its ...

A boat sitting in a river in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward that looks like any other watercraft has been causing waves online as it may have once been part of the Imperial Japanese Navy. There is a high ...

In some areas, the snowfall exceeds the usual norm for this time of year by more than twice. On Thursday evening, a car in Toyooka city (Hyogo Prefecture) slid off the road and into a river.

A 67-year-old man died after falling about 20 meters into a river while clearing snow from a bridge in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, police said Sunday. According to police, the incident occurred at ...

There has been a consensus that the basins of short, steep, and seasonally fed rivers of Japan subject to frequent flooding are in many ways identical or similar to the river basins of Kerala and the ...