nhk world's hiroshi nakajima has more. >> reporter: in ya ma yamada, t man has been ringing the bell to commemorate those who died in the disaster and to hope for a full recovery. >> translator: many people are still living in temporary houses. i'm always hoping that they can return to their normal lives where they don't have to worry about their safety. >> reporter: police say the 2011 disaster left over 18,000 people dead or missing. more than 3,000 others died in shelters or from disaster-related causes. officials from the reconstruction agency say as of august 13, over 140,000 people are still in temporary housing in miyagi, iwate, and fukushima prefectures. the torrential rain have put a bigger burden on those in disaster areas. in minamisoma city, there was an evacuation for people. >> translator: it's a traumatic experience for me. it's really scary. >> reporter: those in temporary houses are fleeing again. people are evacwuated to a school. >> translator: i'm scared because the river is so close. >> reporter: waters flooded in the early morning. residents say the water was up

hiroshi nakajima, nhk world. >>> japan's governing parties are hoping to put security bills to a vote in the upper house by the end of next week. deliberations in the upper house are heating up, and members have decided to hold a public hearing. representatives of the democratic party and five other opposition parties say they're considering a no-confidence or censure motion against prime minister shipzo abe's cabinet in order to block the vote. leaders of an upper house special committee on the bills have unanimously agreed to hold a public hearing on wednesday near tokyo. lawmakers from the governing coalition say they accepted the democratic party's request because they want to pave the way for putting the bills to a vote. the controversial security legislation would expand the role of japan's self-defense forces abroad and enable japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense. intensive deliberations continued on friday at the upper house special committee with prime minister abe in attendance. >> translator: you should pledge before us that you won't try to force through