One dead, two missing in Japan after heavy rain

Heavy rain across parts of Japan has killed one person, left two missing and injured dozens more with thousands of residents issued evacuation warnings. The inundation has been caused by the remnants of former Typhoon Mawar, now downgraded to a tropical storm.

With several cities including Aichi's Toyohashi and Koshigaya near Tokyo reportedly seeing the highest 24-hour rainfall on record, the Japan Meteorological Agency urged residents to "be on high alert for landslides, overflowing rivers, and flooding of low-lying areas". 

Some 4,000 households in regions close to Tokyo suffered power outages. Shinkansen bullet trains were temporarily suspended between Tokyo and Nagoya, but Japan Railway said they resumed operations.  Earlier this week, Mawar passed just north of the Pacific Island of Guam, uprooting trees and leaving tens of thousands of homes temporarily without power.