TOKYO -- The most damaging rainfall in three decades has killed more than 120 people and brought businesses and transport to a halt in western Japan, laying bare just how weak the nation's infrastructure is with respect to floods.
Economy
Flood exposes blind spots in Japan's disaster preparations
Company precautions centered on earthquakes and not torrential rains
Torrential rains set off flooding and mudslides across western Japan, burying cars in Hiroshima Prefecture. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)
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