TOKYO--More torrential rain accompanied by thunderstorms is expected to lash areas ranging from western to northern Japan through Aug.... The agency is calling for people to be on their guard against landslides, flooding in low-lying areas, high river levels and river flooding.... Heavy rain was also expected in the Chugoku region in western Japan, central Japan's Hokuriku region, and the Tohoku region in northeast Japan, the agency said, with maximum levels ranging between 80 and 100 mm....

Satoko Kogure, center, is seen visiting the area near Kamaishi Port, where a prisoner of war camp once stood, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 20, 2021.... 9, the day the second barrage ravaged the port city 76 years ago.... Titled" Time of Surrender," the 132 pages of notes were written by the late Makoto Inagi, former head of the Kamaishi POW camp, and a copy is on display at the Kamaishi Historical Materials Display until Aug....