Fukuoka and Oita prefectures have been the worst-hit by the deluge.
- About 400,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes, mainly in Fukuoka and Oita prefectures.
- \"We are in an extremely serious situation,\" said the country's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, warning that hillsides might collapse.
- This aerial photo shows a destroyed railway bridge in Hita, Oita prefecture, southwestern Japan.
- Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says 12,000 troops and rescuers are focusing on remote villages where hundreds are stranded.
- Rescue workers have found four more bodies in southern Japan, bringing the death toll from heavy rain to six with about 20 more missing.
- Houses are collapsed and half-buried in the mud following the flooding caused by heavy rain in Asakura, Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan.
- Rescue operations have been slowed down by mud and floodwaters and more flooding is forecast for the country's east.
Fukuoka and Oita prefectures have been the worst-hit by the deluge.
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