yuzo ota, nhk world, hiroshima. >> thanks for that inspiring report. >>> sporadic showers is the forecast for us here in tokyo with a current temperature reading of 23 degrees celsius or 73 fahrenheit. sayaka mori is here with this hour's weather update. >> we may see a return of rain tonight but not as intense as what we saw this morning. the skies suddenly became dark and we saw extremely heavy rainfall outside. take a look at this video near shibuya where our studio is located. tokyo residents were surprised at the sudden burst of showers this morning. 30 millimeters of rain fell in one hour in yokohama. several trains were delayed due to the rainfall. very heavy rain affected many areas this morning. more heavy rain is actually falling in the northern areas of japan at this moment. in fact in iwate, you are hit by drenching rainfall. hundreds of houses were without electricity this afternoon. across the west steady rain is falling due to a frontal system that has dumped heavy rainfall. in fact, kagoshima, you had nearly 900 millimeters since the beginning of june. more heavy rain like