KCSM Newsline October 16, 2013
To avert a debt default as a major Rating Agency has warned of a possible downgrade of the countrys credit rating. A powerful storm has churned past japans Pacific Coast, bringing with it heavy rains and strong winds. Typhoon wipha killed at least 17 people, almost all of them on an island south of tokyo. Damage on oshima is widespread, and dozens of residents are missing. Nhk worlds Mitsuko Nishikawa reports. Reporter typhoon wipha left a trail of destruction on izu oshima, one that stretches on and on. The islands residents have never seen this much rain. More than 800 millimeters fell in 24...