The death toll from floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, has reached 20. Officials say another 17 people have no vital signs and 12 are missing.
The record rain on Saturday inundated many residential areas.
Economic Revitalization Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi, who is in charge of the national coronavirus response, has spoken online with governors of three prefectures neighboring Tokyo, where over 100 new cases have been confirmed on a daily basis.
In Sunday's web meeting, Nishimura said the government does not think a state of emergency should be declared again, but that it is working to analyze whether there are unknown clusters and whether infection is spreading in communities.
Police in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, say they have found the bodies of four people at the site of a warehouse fire. They believe they are three firefighters and one police officer, who had been unaccounted for after rushing into the building shortly after the fire broke out.
Local firefighting authorities say that shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, they received a report from a security firm that the factory warehouse of a commodities manufacturer, LEC, was on fire in the town of Yoshida.
NHK has learned that a research team of archaeologists and volcanologists have found that Mount Fuji's Hoei eruption in 1707 burned a settlement near the crater.
Little was known about the settlement in the Subashiri district in Oyama Town, Shizuoka Prefecture other than what is written in old documents, as it was completely buried under about 3 meters of ashes, and new homes were built over it.
Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko is projected to win a second term following Sunday's vote. Koike has made an online address.
Koike said, "I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation for the support that has been given to me. This will be an important second term for me. I feel the heavy responsibility. "
The death toll from floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has reached 18. Authorities say another 16 people have no vital signs and 14 are missing.
The record rain on Saturday inundated many residential areas.
Sources at the Tokyo metropolitan government say 111 coronavirus cases were confirmed in the capital on Sunday.
That marks the fourth straight day with over 100 cases, bringing Tokyo's total to 6,765.
The death toll from floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has reached 16. Authorities say 17 other people have no vital signs and 13 are missing.
The record rain on Saturday inundated many residential areas, although the downpour has eased for now.
Heavy rain in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, triggered floods and mudslides on Saturday, leaving seven people dead. Authorities say 14 people have no vital signs and four are missing.
The record rain inundated many residential areas, although the downpour has eased for now.
It's election day in Tokyo. Voters will decide who should govern the capital for the next four years, but this time around there are more face masks and social distancing.
The coronavirus also affected campaigning with mass rallies replaced by online vote-grabbing.
Authorities in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, say they have lost contact with three firefighters and a police officer who were dispatched to the site of a fire.
Police and firefighting authorities say they received a report from a security firm that a factory warehouse was on fire in the town of Yoshida early Sunday morning.
Flooding in parts of southern Japan caused by torrential rain has inundated many residential areas. Authorities say over 15 people have no vital signs and others are missing.
A band of clouds hung over southern Japan on Saturday, dumping rain on Kumamoto Prefecture although the downpour has eased for now.
Japanese carriers are offering users a function to register and check whether a person is safe.
Three major mobile phone carriers -- NTT Docomo, KDDI and Softbank -- are now operating the disaster message board.
The Tokyo metropolitan government says 131 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the capital on Saturday. That's the highest since the state of emergency was lifted on May 25. It marks the third straight day with over 100 cases and brings Tokyo's total to 6,654.
Officials are telling people to be careful when visiting nighttime entertainment spots where a number of clusters have been found. They advise choosing bars or nightclubs that are taking steps against the virus.