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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Formula 1 Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix 2025 - Media Day - Suzuka

Formula 1 Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix 2025 - Media Day - Suzuka

UKI TSUNODA (JAP) of Oracle Redbull Racing #22 during the FORMULA 1 LENOVO JAPANESE GRAND PRIX 2025 MEDIA DAY at the Suzuka International Circuit, Suzuka, Japan on April 3, 2025. Photo by Antoine Lapeyre/ABACAPRESS

Century-old stone quay stays intact, awaits UNESCO heritage listing

Century-old stone quay stays intact, awaits UNESCO heritage listing

Manpo Saito, a farmer in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, volunteers as a local guide for tourists at Misuminishi port, as seen on June 20, 2015. The century-old stone quay at the port, which thrived for only about a decade after opening in 1887 for the export of coal from the now defunct Miike mine, is Japan's only pier from the Meiji era (1868-1911) that still stands intact in its entirety. The quay is one of the sites of the Meiji era industrial revolution that Japan seeks to have registered on the UNESCO World Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Century-old stone quay still intact, awaits UNESCO heritage listing

Century-old stone quay still intact, awaits UNESCO heritage listing

The century-old stone quay at Misuminihi port in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, as seen on June 20, 2015, is the country's only pier from the Meiji era (1868-1911) that still stands intact in its entirety. The port opened in 1887 for the export of coal from the now defunct Miike mine, but thrived only for only about a decade before losing out to railway transport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Heavy rain hits Japan's southern main island Kyushu

Heavy rain hits Japan's southern main island Kyushu

Photo taken in the southwestern Japan city of Uki shows a food shop, which was damaged in a landslide on June 11, 2015. Japan's southern main island Kyushu, where Uki is located, was hit by torrential rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

A tattooed man sitting on a cask

A tattooed man sitting on a cask

This photograph from the Farsari & Co. album shows a tattooed man sitting on a sake barrel inscribed with the word Uki. He is posing, holding a teacup and a sake bottle. The tinted tattoo seems faithful to the original design.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐50‐0]