THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 20, 2019 at 18:30 JST
Collapsed houses are seen at 1:05 p.m. on Oct. 15 in Akiruno on the outskirts of Tokyo after their foundations were swept away by the swollen Akigawa river. (Jun Sato)
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