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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

TAMANA, Japan, Aug. 12 Kyodo - The city of Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is flooded on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

The city of Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is flooded on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

The city of Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is flooded on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

The city of Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is flooded on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

The city of Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is flooded on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

The city of Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is flooded on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

The city of Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is flooded on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

The city of Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is flooded on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

The city of Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is flooded on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

A road in Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is inundated on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

A road in Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is inundated on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

A road in Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is inundated on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

A road in Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture is inundated on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

A roadside slope collapses in Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

A roadside slope collapses in Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

A roadside slope collapses in Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

A roadside slope collapses in Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kumamoto Pref.

A roadside slope collapses in Tamana in Kumamoto Prefecture on Aug. 11, 2025, following torrential rain in southwestern Japan.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 5

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River. This video shows a flooded parking lot at Suizenji Ezuko park in Higashi Ward, Kumamoto City.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 3

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 2

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 4

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River.

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Chinese doctors deliver free medical services to remote Kiribati islands

STORY: Chinese doctors deliver free medical services to remote Kiribati islands DATELINE: Sept. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese doctors treating patients STORYLINE: Two Chinese doctors on Thursday finished a four-day visit to Tamana and Tabiteuea North, two islands of Kiribati located more than 300 kilometers southeast of the capital Tarawa, after delivering free medical services to local residents. At the invitation of Kiribati Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Cao Lijun and Che Xiaoshuang from the second batch of the Chinese medical team stationed in the Pacific island country departed from Tarawa on Monday, heading to their destinations by plane. They not only provided consultations for critically ill patients, but also offered to local communities other free services, such as blood pressure and blood sugar measurement, cardiopulmonary auscultation, wound debridement and dressing change, as well as medication guidance. From

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Buddhist statue modeled after Hakuho

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho poses in front of a Buddhist statue of heavenly king ''Komokuten'' at Rengein Tanjoji, a temple in the city of Tamana in Kumamoto prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2010.

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S. Korea's Ho wins 2nd straight Japan PGA crown

TAMANA, Japan - S.K. Ho of South Korea holds up his trophy after successfully defending his title at the Japan PGA Championship at Tamana Country Club in Kumamoto Prefecture on May 15. Ho won his fourth career victory on the Japanese tour.

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S. Korea's Ho wins 2nd straight Japan PGA crown

TAMANA, Japan - S.K. Ho of South Korea holds up his trophy after successfully defending his title at the Japan PGA Championship at Tamana Country Club in Kumamoto Prefecture on May 15. Ho won his fourth career victory on the Japanese tour. (Kyodo)

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Buddhist statue modeled after Hakuho

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho poses in front of a Buddhist statue of heavenly king ''Komokuten'' at Rengein Tanjoji, a temple in the city of Tamana in Kumamoto prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2010. (Kyodo)