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Japan: Record rains kill eight, strand thousands at Narita airport

Japan: Record rains kill eight, strand thousands at Narita airport
France 24 Friday 14 August 2026, 11:48 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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Headings To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Issued on: 14/08/2026 - 13:48Modified: 14/08/2026 - 13:48 Record rainfall has caused deadly flooding in Japan, leaving thousands stranded at Narita Airport during the Obon holiday period. The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore. [Image text:] JAPAN Record rains kill eight strand thousands at Narita airport
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