Resident of flooded Kochi City uses a canoe

Resident of flooded Kochi City uses a canoe

A resident of the flooded western Japan city of Kochi uses a canoe to move from one place to another Sept. 25. Heavy rains hit Kochi Prefecture on Shikoku Island, causing flooding throughout the area. A record rainfall of 240 millimeters was registered in the prefectural capital of Kochi between midnight Sept. 24 and 11 a.m. Sept. 25.

Submerged drivers' school in Kochi

Submerged drivers' school in Kochi

Heavy rains submerge a drivers' school in the western Japan city of Kochi on Sept. 25. The Kochi prefectural capital recorded rainfall of 240 millimeters between midnight Sept. 24 and 11 a.m. Sept. 25, causing flooding throughout the prefecture.

Canon to launch world's smallest digital camera

Canon to launch world's smallest digital camera

TOKYO, Japan - The handout photo shows the IXY DIGITAL 300, the world's smallest digital camera, to be put on sale in Japan by Canon Inc. in early April. Canon said March 27 the new digital camera, the sister model of the popular IXY DIGITAL launched in May last year, is equipped with a 3x optical zoom lens, measures 94.8 millimeters wide, 62.5 mm high and 29.9 mm thick and weighs around 240 grams.

Submerged drivers' school in Koc

Submerged drivers' school in Koc

Heavy rains submerge a drivers' school in the western Japan city of Kochi on Sept. 25. The Kochi prefectural capital recorded rainfall of 240 millimeters between midnight Sept. 24 and 11 a.m. Sept. 25, causing flooding throughout the prefecture.

Resident of flooded Kochi City u

Resident of flooded Kochi City u

A resident of the flooded western Japan city of Kochi uses a canoe to move from one place to another Sept. 25. Heavy rains hit Kochi Prefecture on Shikoku Island, causing flooding throughout the area. A record rainfall of 240 millimeters was registered in the prefectural capital of Kochi between midnight Sept. 24 and 11 a.m. Sept. 25.