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Yoshihide Suga said 87 people had been confirmed dead from the severe floods, with another 13 found with no vital signs, adding that a dozen people were still missing.
Landslide warnings as Japan digs through rain devastation
Meanwhile, desperate in the wake of floods in the wake of severe floods of Japan under water.
As floods receded, emergency workers were able to reach out to cut-off places where they believed they would be more vulnerable to devastated by rivers of mud and debris.
"I have asked my family to prepare for the worst," said Kosuke Kiyohara, 38, as he waited for his son's words.
"I can not reach her phone," he told AFP, "sitting across a house that had been ripped apart and tossed on its side by a huge landslide.
At the end of the last days of the sea (3 feet) of rain burst their banks, engulfing entire villages and forcing people to rooftops to await evacuation by helicopter.
Hillside farmland with emptying farmland, crushing wooden houses and erasing roads.
On Monday morning, with the sun finally rising and rising temperatures, rescue workers dug through mud in a desperate search for survivors, or victims.
Soldiers and other emergency workers were used to dig up the crushed cars and mangled homes.
But they were moving carefully, as they went for survivors, or the remains of those killed in the disaster.
In one part of Kumano, the nose of a white car was just visible from the top of the building.
Much of the road that has gone into the face of the earth, and is still visible, and is still flowing from the surrounding hillside of the feet of shellshocked residents.
In neighbouring Okayama prefecture, rescue workers in the field of unresolvable, looking for signs of life.
"As far as we can see from the helicopter, no-one is now waving for help," a rescue worker from Kurashiki city told AFP.
Local government officials said pumping trucks were being used to restore access to some of the worst-hit areas.
"Rescuers had to go to the waterside in the area of disaster control.
"If the water level drops low enough, they may be able to access hard-hit areas by road or on foot."
Even if the rains let up, authorities warned the downpours had loosened earth on hillsides and mountain slopes creating new risks.
"We urge residents to remain cautious about possible landslides," a weather agency official told AFP.
And with many people in the United States, with a number of possessions, or living in homes with no running water or electricity, the rising temperatures.
At one point, five million people were told to evacuate, but the goal was to become more commonplace.
In the town of Mihara, roads have been transformed into muddy rivers, with dirt piled up on either side of the river.
"The area became an ocean," 82-year-old resident Nobue Kakumoto told AFP on Sunday, surveying the scene.
In the town of Saka, Eiichi Tsuiki opted to stay in his home, and survived only by moving to the top floor of the city.
"I've lived here for 40 years … I've never seen this before," the 69-year-old oyster farmer told AFP.
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