Nearly 50,000 members of the Self-Defense Forces, police and firefighting services were taking part in searches for people.

• The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/07/heavy-rain-floods-and-landslide-leave-more-than-a-dozen-dead-and-50-missing-in-japan
• Japan 2018 CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/07/asia/japan-deadly-floods/index.html
• Japan 2017 https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/08/asia/japan-floods-and-landslides/index.html
• Japan 2015 CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/12/asia/japan-floods/index.html
• Tokio news https://sputniknews.com/amp/asia/201807071066135433-japan-earthquake-tsunami/
• Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/07/national/least-eight-dead-46-missing-heavy-rains-continue-lash-western-japan/

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