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Japan's weather agency on Sunday urged Okinawa residents to be on high alert for mudslides and other disasters as torrential ...

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Yonaha Momoko, a member of the student nurse corps who survived World War Two's Battle of Okinawa, has died at 96. She dedicated much of her life to traveling around Japan and passing on her wartime ...

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Heavy rain mainly hit the city of Nago and the villages of Kunigami, Higashi and Ogimi. In Higashi, 48-hour rainfall until 11 a.m. Sunday totaled 637.5 millimeters, a record high for the area.

The Japan Meteorological Agency on Saturday issued an emergency heavy rain warning for Kagoshima's Yoron Town, urging maximum ...