Loss and pain: Abe (right) consoling a victim during his visit to a shelter in Mabi, Okayama prefecture. — AFP
HIROSHIMA: Residents shovelled mud and debris to clear streets so they could get out for food and other supplies in areas of western Japan hard hit by landslides and flooding that still swamped some areas.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited an evacuation centre in the city of Kurashiki in Okayama prefecture, where more than 40 of the 176 victims died. He ducked in front of an elderly woman sitting on the floor and pledged to her that his government will do its utmost to bring back her ordinary life as soon as possible.
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