Over 38,000 residences damaged by rain disaster in Japan

The recent torrential rain that left over 200 people dead has also damaged more than 38,000 homes across Japan, government data showed Thursday.Damage was reported in 31 of the country's 47 prefectures stretching from Hokkaido, the northernmost main island, to the southwestern area of Kyushu, with about 70 percent of it concentrated in the western prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima and Ehime, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.As of Thursday, almost two weeks after the nation's worst rain disaster in decades, the death toll was at 223, with about 90 percent of the fatalitie…READ FULL ARTICLE