Thousands of people in Japan's southern island of Kyushu have been asked to evacuate as torrential rains triggered landslides and floods.
According to officials, 15 people are feared dead and nine reported missing.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged people to be on "maximum alert" as "heavy rainfall is likely to continue until Sunday".
As many as 10,000 soldiers have been deployed to assist in rescue operations.
Several people killed as bus crashes into stop in Stockholm
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Russian forces launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv early on Friday, striking residential buildings and triggering explosions and fires across the Ukrainian capital, officials said.
BBC apologises to Trump over speech edit but rejects defamation claim
The British Broadcasting Corporation sent a personal apology to US President Donald Trump on Thursday but said there was no legal basis for him to sue the public broadcaster over a documentary his lawyers called defamatory.
Indian Prime Minister Modi's alliance set to easily win Bihar vote
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling coalition is set to comfortably retain power in state of Bihar, a vote count showed on Friday, giving him a boost after a disappointing national vote last year.
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