4 die as heavy rains hit eastern Japan, still reeling from typhoon

Four people died and another went missing Friday amid landslides and flooding in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, as torrential rains lashed the area still reeling from damage caused by Typhoon Hagibis earlier this month, local authorities said.Ichihara city in the prefecture saw more than 280 millimeters of rain in a span of 12 hours, surpassing the average monthly total for October in just half a day, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.The Chiba prefectural government asked the Self-Defense Forces to send troops on a search and rescue mission for those missing. The rain prompted…READ FULL ARTICLE