Aso had planned a helicopter inspection of disaster-hit Hofu city in Yamaguchi prefecture, where a series of landslides and floods due to torrential rain killed 14 people early in the week.

• 麻生太郎曾计划乘直升机视察受灾的防府市山口县，在那里，本周由于暴雨造成了一系列的滑坡和洪水，导致14人死亡。