THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 23, 2024 at 14:40 JST
Heavy rain flooded a village in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 21. (Masaaki Kobayashi)
Seven people died, 12 people were injured and two remain missing after record-breaking rainfalls triggered landslides and flooding on the already disaster-hit Noto Peninsula, the Ishikawa prefectural government said Sept. 23. [Read More]
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