Heavy Rain Emergency Warning Temporarily Issued for Hachijojima
Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator 
Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the remote Tokyo island of Hachijojima in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific at 6:20 a.m. Thursday. The agency downgraded the special warning to a warning at 2:30 p.m. After the special warning was issued, the town of Hachijo, which covers the island, issued an alert urging residents to...
