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Drenching rain continued for a second day in northern Japan, causing flooding and landslides in the areas north of the capital Tokyo.  Mountainous Tochigi Prefecture seems to be draining into Ibaraki and Chiba Prefectures.  Joso City is particularly hard hit, with the Kinugawa River one of many that's up and over its banks, street flooding running chest- to neck-deep, and homes being ripped from their foundations.  At least one person is missing after a landslide hit a house.  This is coming the day after Typhoon Etau slammed the nation's industrial centers west of Tokyo.

Hungary's military is staging exercises, apparently to prepare for shutting its southern border to refugees.  A new razor-wire barrier is already being built along the frontier, and a large wall is to follow. Lawmakers are expected to vote on stricter border controls later this month.  But before that happens, tens of thousands of refugees from Syria and Iraq, as well as South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa will try to pass through Hungary en route to Germany - 40,000 more migrants by next week.

Standard & Poors cut Brazil's investment grade credit rating to junk status, citing political turmoil and a growing debt.  The government imposed austerity measures to try to avoid the downgrade, but austerity usually doesn't work because it sucks money out of the economy. 

New York City police officers tackled and briefly arrested a former professional tennis star in a case of mistaken identity, and the victim says his race probably played a role.  35-year old African American James Blake said he suffered a cut on his arm and bruises on his legs from the assault.  "You would think at some point they would get the memo that this isn't OK, but it seems that there's no stopping it," said Blake.  The NYPD says a witness misidentified Blake in an investigation into stolen cellphones.  Blake won nearly US$8 Million over his tennis career.  He's seeking an apology from the NYPD.

Police in Hawaii arrested seven protesters trying to stop the construction of a giant telescope on a mountain considered sacred by indigenous Hawaiians.  The state enacted emergency rules to ban camping on Mauna Kea on the big island, to break the protesters' round the clock vigil on the mountain.  Some protesters have put boulders on the road, preventing construction crews from accessing the site.  A University Of Hawaii law professor has filed a lawsuit against the state, saying the anti-camping rules infringe on the people's right to protest.

A male Western Lowland Gorilla can't look away as a tourist at the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky, USA uses his smartphone to display photos of other gorillas.