The Meteorological Agency has called for caution against mudslides and flooding due to a record rainfall in Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan.
Weather officials forecast more heavy rain in the Tohoku region and Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan on Tuesday night.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says 238 coronavirus cases were newly confirmed on Wednesday.
The daily tally exceeded the 200 mark for the second day in a row, and has been in the triple-digits for 14 days straight.
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.
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo says the government will compile a financial package of more than 3.7 billion dollars to help regions in the southwest and elsewhere left battered by record rainfall.
Abe revealed the plan to reporters as he visited the disaster-stricken city of Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday.
Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has visited a village in Kumamoto Prefecture that was severely damaged by the recent torrential downpours.
Abe arrived at Kagoshima Airport on an Air Self-Defense Force transport plane on Monday morning and went to Kuma Village.
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.
Schools in the southwestern Japanese city of Hitoyoshi have reopened, after heavy rain caused floods and mudslides in the area recently.
The city of Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture was devastated after the Kuma River overflowed.
The heavy rain in the Kyushu region, southwestern Japan, started over the weekend, causing deadly flooding and mudslides.
Authorities in Kumamoto Prefecture say 44 people have been confirmed dead, one is without vital signs, and 10 others are missing.
Heavy rain pounding the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan has already caused mudslides and flooding, with deadly results.
Officials say 41 people have been confirmed dead in Kumamoto Prefecture.
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.
Authorities in the southwestern Japanese region of Kyushu, which has had record rainfall, are offering multilingual consultation services for foreigners visiting or living in Japan.
In Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka Multilingual Assistance and Information Center is offering telephone consultations in 18 languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Tagalog, Thai, Malay, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Myanmar, Khmer, and Mongolian.
The heavy rain in the Kyushu region, southwestern Japan, started over the weekend, causing deadly flooding and mudslides.
Authorities in Kumamoto Prefecture say 49 people have been confirmed dead, one is without vital signs, and 11 others are missing.
Rain is intensifying in Japan's southwestern Kumamoto prefecture, which has already suffered deadly floods and landslides triggered by record downpours over the weekend. More torrential rain is forecast for the prefecture on Monday and Tuesday.
Japan's Meteorological Agency warns that developed rainclouds have been flowing into the Kyushu region, which includes the prefecture.
Torrential downpours lashed parts of southern Japan on Saturday morning.
With the rain easing, the heavy rain 'emergency warning' issued for Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures in the Kyushu region has been changed to a 'warning'.