Some 4,000 households in regions close to Tokyo were also suffering power outages. Read more at straitstimes.com.
- Heavy rain across parts of Japan has killed one person and left two missing, the authorities said on Saturday, with thousands issued evacuation warnings and left without power.Typhoon Mawar, now downgraded to a tropical storm.
In western Wakayama, where several rivers burst their banks, officials told AFP that they had resumed the search for one man and one woman missing in the region. Shinkansen bullet trains were still suspended between Tokyo and Nagoya, according to Japan Railway, but public broadcaster NHK said they would resume around noon.
Strong rain in 2021 triggered a devastating landslide in the central resort town of Atami that killed 27 people.
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