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    • Figure 1. 

      Deviation of annual precipitation from the mean value of 1991−2020 (Source: Japan Meteorological Agency).

    • Figure 2. 

      Change in percentage of state-managed rivers having water levels higher than flood danger water levels (Source: MLIT).

    • Figure 3. 

      Change in percentage of people above 65 in Japan.

    • Figure 4. 

      Death toll in different age groups in the Kuma River flooding (Data source: e-Stat, Japan).

    • Figure 5. 

      Decline in the number of flood control personnel (Source: MLIT).

    • Figure 6. 

      Age distribution of flood control personnel (Source: MLIT).

    • Figure 7. 

      Ownership of first-class river floodplains (Source: MLIT).

    • Figure 8. 

      Number of typhoons landed from 1960 to 2019 (Source: Japan Meteorological Agency).

    • Figure 9. 

      Number of flood-caused death and injured from 2000 to 2019 (Source: MLIT).

    • Figure 10. 

      Flood-caused economic loss by region in 2019 (Source: MLIT).

    • Figure 11. 

      Water resistant architecture in flood damage prevention zones.

    • Figure 12. 

      Flood hazard map for Kawanishicho corresponding to two types of rainfall (Source: MLIT).