Heavy rain lashes Japan as weather agency warns of landslides, rainbands

TOKYO - Heavy rainfall hit eastern Japan and elsewhere on Monday, with the weather agency urging maximum vigilance against landslides on Niijima, Oshima and Toshima islands, south of Tokyo, and a woman dying in Iwaki in the northeast after her car became submerged.

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a special landslide warning for Oshima after more than 580 millimeters of rain fell there over 24 hours, the highest September figure since local records began.