Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of Japan's disaster response task force to step up the search and rescue operations
The death toll from floods and landslides unleashed by torrential rains on Japan's southern island of Kyushu rose to 20 on Sunday, with 14 people missing, NHK public TV said.
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