Japan in urgent search for missing after deadly floods

The heaviest rain in decades pounded the country in the wake of Typhoon Etau, which smashed through Japan this week, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Hundreds of thousands were ordered to leave their homes and at least 22 people -- including a pair of eight-year-old children -- were still unaccounted for late Friday in disaster-struck Joso city, which lies about 60 kilometres (37 miles) outside Tokyo. Ryosei Akazawa, a member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet, acknowledged that e