Japan: Typhoon Lingling Triggers Flooding in Southern Kyushu After Making Landfall 3

Typhoon Lingling made landfall in Kagoshima Prefecture on the evening of Thursday, August 21, bringing heavy rain and widespread damage across Kyushu. Flooding and landslides were reported in multiple areas. This video shows flooded streets in Chuzancho in Kagoshima City.

Japan: Typhoon Lingling Triggers Flooding in Southern Kyushu After Making Landfall 2

Typhoon Lingling made landfall in Kagoshima Prefecture on the evening of Thursday, August 21, bringing heavy rain and widespread damage across Kyushu. Flooding and landslides were reported in multiple areas. This video shows flooded streets in Minamisatsuma City.

Japan: Typhoon Lingling Triggers Flooding in Southern Kyushu After Making Landfall

Typhoon Lingling made landfall in Kagoshima Prefecture on the evening of Thursday, August 21, bringing heavy rain and widespread damage across southern Kyushu. Flooding and landslides were reported in multiple areas. This video shows flooded streets in Kagoshima City.

Lower house by-election in Kagoshima

Lower house by-election in Kagoshima

HIOKI, Japan - Kazuaki Miyaji of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party celebrates after securing his win in the lower house by-election in Kagoshima Prefecture in the city of Hioki in the prefecture on Oct. 28, 2012.

N. Korea abduction issue

N. Korea abduction issue

Kenichi Ichikawa (R) hands out a flier to a driver in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Hioki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the date his younger brother Shuichi, one of the Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea, went missing near a local beach 44 years ago.

5 found dead in Kagoshima

5 found dead in Kagoshima

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 8, 2018, shows an empty lot (bottom arrow), where two bodies were found, and a house (top arrow), where three other bodies were found, both in Hioki, southwestern Japan. A suspect, Tomohiro Iwakura, reportedly said he killed all five people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Elementary school students wait for the arrival of a Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Hioki, southwestern Japan, on April 28, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner waves to elementary school students in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Hioki, southwestern Japan, on April 28, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Elementary school students in paper armor greet a Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Hioki, southwestern Japan, on April 28, 2021.

5 found dead in Kagoshima

5 found dead in Kagoshima

Police investigate an empty lot in Hioki, southwestern Japan, in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 8, 2018, where two bodies were found based on information provided by a suspect who was held in connection with the murders of three others. The suspect, Tomohiro Iwakura, reportedly said he killed all five people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

3 found dead in Kagoshima

3 found dead in Kagoshima

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 7, 2018, shows a house (front C) in Hioki, Kagoshima prefecture, southwestern Japan, in which three people were found dead the previous day. A 38-year-old man was arrested on April 7 in the day on suspicion of strangling one of the three. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

3 found dead in Kagoshima

3 found dead in Kagoshima

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 7, 2018, shows a house in Hioki, Kagoshima prefecture, southwestern Japan, in which three people were found dead the previous day. A 38-year-old man was arrested on April 7 on suspicion of strangling one of the three. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

3 found dead in Kagoshima

3 found dead in Kagoshima

Police officers gather in front of a house in Hioki, Kagoshima prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 7, 2018, in which three people were found dead the previous day. A 38-year-old man was arrested on April 7 on suspicion of strangling one of the three. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

3 found dead in Kagoshima

3 found dead in Kagoshima

Police officers gather in front of a house in Hioki, Kagoshima prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 7, 2018, in which three people were found dead the previous day. A 38-year-old man was arrested on April 7 on suspicion of strangling one of the three. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kin of Japanese abductees seeking return of all from N. Korea

Kin of Japanese abductees seeking return of all from N. Korea

Kenichi Ichikawa (far L), whose younger brother Shuichi was abducted to North Korea at age 23 in 1978, speaks to reporters on Sept. 8, 2016, at a seacoast in Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture, where Shuichi and his girlfriend Rumiko Masumoto were kidnapped. Ichikawa, who attended an inspection with the lower house panel on the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, said he wants Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit North Korea and realize the return of all abductees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo