THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 14, 2021 at 18:55 JST
Residents of Takeo, Saga Prefecture, use a boat to evacuate from their home on Aug. 14. (Motoki Nagasawa)
Record rainfall continued to batter large parts of western Japan on Aug. 14 with no clear end in sight, perhaps for as long as another week. [Read More]
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