Heavy rain triggers deadly landslides and floods in Japan

A road is flooded after heavy rain in Wajima (Kyodo News via AP)

Heavy rain has triggered landslides and floods in a northern region of Japan, leaving one person dead and several missing.

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the highest level of alert for heavy rain across several cities in the Ishikawa prefecture, including Suzu and Wajima on the northern coast of the Noto peninsula.