Infected with the ebola virus is back in london for treatment. People in parts of japan are seeing rain like never before. Up to 200 millimeters has fallen in western and eastern japan. And to the north residents saw down pours said to hit once in 50 years. All of that rain has brought with it a lot of damage. Nhk world reports. Reporter mudslides swept away mountains killing 50 people. The landslides are said to have reached a speed of 40 kilometers per hour. Translator we have never experienced a disaster like this before. Reporter around 30 people are said to be missing. Translator lets focus and do our best to save as many lives as possible. Reporter police and firefighters have resumed the search for the missing, but they face difficulty due to possible secondary disasters resulting from continuing rain. On sunday evacuation advisories were issued in some cities because of torrential rain. In one residential area houses were partially buried by landslide and roads were flooded by
The japanese Prime Ministers political gamble in calling an early election has paid off. Shinzo abes Ruling Coalition won a landslide victory. His liberal Democratic Party and its partner komeito have secured a two thirds majority in the lower house. The parties won 326 of the 475 seats in the chamber. Thats well above the 317 needed to secure a twothirds majority, and it means the ruling parties will be able to set their agenda for the diet, and see it through. Abe says he wants to push forward with his policies. They include his economic plan known as abenomics. He spoke to media on monday, one day after the election win. Translator yesterday, we got voter support for abenomics. So i want to advance the policy in three areas. We will take action immediately with economic stimulus measures by the end of this year. We will compile a budget for the next fiscal year. The diet will be convened at the start of next year. We want to carry out drastic deregulation in areas such as agricultur
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