Residential areas in Nagano, central Japan, flooded by the Chikuma River following Typhoon Hagibis. [Kyodo via Reuters] Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops have been deployed across Japan to rescue people stranded in flooded homes as the death toll from Typhoon Hagibis climbed to at least 23 with more than a dozen missing. Government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said 27,000 military troops and
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