Dozens killed in floods and landslides in Hiroshima

The automaker, which suspended operations at several plants last week, said the shutdown would continue in two plants until Tuesday because it could not receive components, although both units were not damaged.

Daihatsu The electronics manufacturer Panasonic said that the activities of a plant were still suspended after the flooding of the first floor

Disaster recovery

Refineries and oil terminals n & rsquo; Were not hit but blockades in the roads leading to a Showa Shell oil terminal in Hiroshima caused shortages of gas and diesel nearby

Shares of some companies fell but losses were modest , Mazda winning even because investors were limited. the rains affect the supply chains, there will be the sale of affected stocks, "said Norihiro Fujito, chief investment strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities.

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Elsewhere, people continued their lives with sinister recovery

The waters slowly receded in Mabi district, one of Kurashiki's most-affected areas, leaving a thick layer of brown mud . "I have never experienced anything like this in my life, and have lived more than 70 years," said Hitoko Asano, 71.

"The washing machine, the refrigerator, the microwave, the toaster, the PC – they are all destroyed," she says, cleaning her two-story house. will not even bother to wash them. I can not help but wonder how much it will cost to fix that. "

During a landslide in Hiroshima, heaps of broken woods marked the sites of ancient homes, showed TV footage. Although the evacuation orders were heavily revised from the weekend, some 1.7 million people still face orders or advice to stay away from homes, said officials of fires and disasters.

"I'm afraid it will have a significant impact on production, consumption and tourism," said Toshiro Miyashita, director of the Fukuoka branch of the Bank of Japan, who oversees the Kyushu region. weather and early warnings, but its dense population means that every piece of usable land is built in the predominantly mountainous country, making it vulnerable to disasters.