Record rainfall in Chiba claims lives as more than 22,000 households without power on busy Bon Buddhist holiday week.

Record-breaking heavy rain has pounded eastern Japan, flooding roads and homes, paralyzing traffic, and causing power outages near Tokyo.

Unprecedented rainfall battered Japan on Thursday, leaving at least four people dead and flooding parts of Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo. Authorities issued the region’s…

At least four killed in flash flooding in surrounding area, authorities say