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Heavy rain across eastern and western Japan
A seasonal rain front is bringing downpours to eastern and western Japan. Information on heavy rain inundation and landslides has been issued for Tokyo.
Japan s Meteorological Agency says an inflow of warm, damp air toward the front has made rain clouds develop, mainly along the Pacific coast.
Niijima in Tokyo s Izu island chain is believed to have had 90 millimeters of rain between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Thursday.
Landslide warnings have been issued for Kagoshima and Shizuoka prefectures and the Izu Islands.
The agency says a band of rain clouds has developed over Tokyo. The weather information issued for Tokyo supplements an alert level of four or above on a scale of one to five.