<div dir="ltr">''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">In Japan, at least 15 people died and more than 50 are missing due to heavy rain and flooding in southwestern Japan today. </span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Kyoto and Yamaguchi prefectures are most affected with landslide warnings issued by the authorities. Roads are blocked in some areas and about 250 people had to flee their homes. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">In the hardest-hit regions, the water levels in rivers are above flood warning levels. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has instructed his cabinet colleagues to work with local authorities to prevent the spread of damage from heavy rain in the western part of country.</div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div class="adL" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div></div>