Rank-and-file wrestler Abi has won the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament after the first three-way playoff in 28 years.

After the final bouts on Sunday, Abi was tied with Ozeki champion Takakeisho and rank-and-filer Takayasu with 12 wins and three losses each.

Kyushu Electric Power Company says about 429,000 households in the Kyushu region were without power as of 3 a.m. on Monday.

In Kagoshima Prefecture, more than 22 percent, or 262,000 households, were without electricity.

Kyushu Electric Power Company says about 373,000 households in the Kyushu region were without power as of 2 a.m. on Monday.

In Kagoshima Prefecture, more than 22 percent, or 259,000 households, were without electricity.

West Japan Railway Company says it will remove some of its Shinkansen bullet trains from the southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka as Typhoon Haishen approaches the area.

The company says it will relocate some of the about 30 Sanyo Shinkansen trains now in a rail depot in Fukuoka Prefecture, to other yards in Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures in western Japan on Sunday.

Typhoon Maysak is expected to approach the northern part of Japan's southern main island of Kyushu toward Wednesday night while maintaining its strength.

Japan's Meteorological Agency says the typhoon was about 210 kilometers southwest of the city of Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture as of 2 p.m. on Wednesday. It was moving north at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.

Typhoon Maysak is moving northward after lashing Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa.

Japan's Meteorological Agency says the typhoon was about 220 kilometers north of Kume Island as of 7:00 p.m. Tuesday Japan Time. It was moving north-northeast at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour.

Heavy rains in the northern part of Japan's Kyushu island are threatening the territory with landslides and flooding.

The Meteorological Agency says warm, damp air is flowing towards a seasonal rain front hovering around the Japanese archipelago, destabilizing atmospheric conditions. Rain clouds are developing in northern Kyushu and the Chugoku region.

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.

Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a heavy rain emergency warning for Nagasaki, Saga and Fukuoka prefectures in Kyushu. The warning is the highest level on the agency's scale.

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.

In southwestern Japan, emergency crews are searching for survivors and assessing the damage after days of torrential rain. The extreme weather has left dozens of people dead on the island of Kyushu. Weather officials are asking people to remain on alert for landslides and rivers bursting their banks.

In Oita Prefecture, a major river overflowed in the city of Hita. Rescuers are searching for a woman in her 70s after her home was washed away. Authorities say more flooding is expected in several cities along the river.

Several Japanese IT-firms are collecting donations through crowdfunding to help people affected by torrential rain and floods in southwestern Japan.

Readyfor has set up a site where people can make donations starting from 3,000 yen, or about 28 dollars.

In Japan's southwestern region of Kyushu, the heavy rainfall is now being blamed for the deaths of more than 50 people.

Weather officials have switched a heavy rain emergency warning issued for Fukuoka, Saga and Nagasaki prefectures to a warning.