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The body of a 79-year-old man found near a river mouth in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, on July 11 raised the death toll to seven from record torrential rain in northern Kyushu.
Two more people were confirmed dead on July 11 following torrential rains in southwestern Japan, bringing the death toll to seven, a tally by Kyodo News showed.
On Monday, officials said that two people in Japan have died as heavy rains have caused mudslides, road closures, and even water supply cuts in certain areas.
Six people are feared dead in torrential rains that hit southwest Japan this week, the country's government said Tuesday, as search and rescue operations continued on the ground.