Several government inspection teams led by ministers and vice ministers went on a day trip Friday to inspect areas hit hard by powerful Typhoon Tokage.
At least 77 people were killed and 14 are still missing. Two-thirds of the dead and missing were aged 60 or older, according to a Kyodo News poll as of 9 p.m. The typhoon wreaked the worst damage in Japan in 25 years.
Of five people who were missing in northern Kyoto Prefecture, three were found dead Friday morning, bringing the death toll there to 12.