Japan PM cancels overseas trip as rain toll hits 100: local media

Publish: 1:32 PM, July 9, 2018 | Update: 1:32 PM, July 9, 2018

TOKYO– Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cancelled a four-country foreign trip as the death toll from flooding and landslides caused by record rains hit 100, local media said Monday.

Abe had been expected to visit Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia and Egypt from Wednesday. His office declined to comment on the reports.