1 | Born in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture as the son of a businessman, Kan graduated in 1970 from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. | |
2 | Yoshi Minamisono is the founder and special counselor of the Hofu Institute of Gastroenterology . | |
3 | Japan Meteorological Agency said, Fukuoka Prefecture and Yamaguchi Prefecture and other areas will be 24-hour rainfall of 200 mm. | |
4 | "Heavy rain is still falling in Yamaguchi and is forecast to continue. It is feared more disasters could occur, " Aso told reporters before he was to take off at Tokyo's Haneda airport. | |
5 | Ten people were rushed to hospital after the smash on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in the afternoon on 4th Dec. , but none of their injuries were said to be serious. |