Intermittent bouts of torrential rain continue to pound wide areas of Japan.

Weather officials say 42 millimeters of rain was recorded between 2 and 3 p.m. in Yokote City in the northern prefecture of Akita. In the same period, 31 millimeters was recorded in Otoyo Town in the southwestern prefecture of Kochi.

Japanese weather officials are warning of localized heavy rains in eastern and western Japan through Monday. They say people in areas along the Pacific coast should be especially cautious.

Meteorological Agency officials say warm, damp air has been flowing into a seasonal rain front hovering over Japan, making atmospheric conditions unstable in much of the country.

Much of Japan can expect even more damaging rain over the coming days. The Meteorological Agency is calling on people in both eastern and western Japan to be on alert for landslides and flooding.

The weather system is set to batter areas of Kyushu, already struggling with the aftermath of earlier downpours.

Japan is bracing for more torrential downpours through Friday as a lingering seasonal rain front threatens the western and eastern parts of the country. The rain has already left flooding and landslides along Japan's archipelago in its wake.

In Kyoto, a powerful mudslide swept away three cars near an interchange of an expressway. Officials say no one was injured.

A lingering seasonal rain front may bring torrential downpours in western and eastern Japan through Friday.

Japan's Meteorological Agency says warm, damp air is flowing toward the seasonal rain front, destabilizing atmospheric conditions and causing rain clouds to develop in Shikoku, Kinki and elsewhere.