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Two million people were advised to urgently seek shelter as rivers overflowed.

TOKYO: Japan braced for further downpours on Sunday as rescuers sifted through flood and landslide damage after record rain that left at least three dead.

Three people were presumed dead after a mudslide swept away a house in Okaya City, as millions have been urged to evacuate

And experts say that about half of the japanese population is concentrated in flood-prone areas. just last month, in -- in the resort town of atami, it was hit by a devastating landslide, in which more than 20 people were killed and several people are, still, missing. and in 2008, more than 200 people died from devastating floods that hit the western part of japan. but what we're seeing, robyn, in japan is part of this global trend of what scientists say is climate change increasing the risk, the extreme levels of extreme flooding around the world. >> it, certainly, is. selina wang there, in t...

Japan braces for further downpours as rescuers sort through landslide and flood damage following record rainfall that killed at least six people,  In the Southwest, residents are returning to check on their mud-covered homes after dozens of rivers overflowed, forcing nearly two million to seek refuge. Also read | 'It was so, so scary': Rain sparks floods, landslides in Japan