At least four killed as Typhoon Dujuan hits Japan

Torrential rains brought ⁠by a powerful ⁠typhoon lashing Japan’s Pacific coast caused landslides that killed four people, with six missing, public broadcaster NHK reported, while snapping electricity supply to about 45,000 homes.

Mud flowing into a home killed a woman in her 60s in the city of Yokosuka ‌in the Kanto region, after landslides in the areas of Kanagawa and Chiba, the broadcaster said on Tuesday, adding that three others who died were aged between their 50s and 80s.

About 45,000 households are without electricity in the Kanagawa region, south of Japan’s capital, the Tokyo Electric ⁠Power Co said on its website.

By early Tuesday, the storm had shifted away from the coast and was heading northeast, out to sea towards the Aleutian Islands, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

In areas where warnings have been issued, “there’s a risk the rain will continue as the typhoon moves north”, JMA’s Takuya Hosomi said.

Passengers were stranded at airports after Japan Airlines cancelled 135 flights and All Nippon Airways scrapped 140 on Monday.

Rail services were partially suspended, including bullet trains connecting Tokyo and Osaka, Japan Railways said.

Social media posts showed images of flooded roads in front of Kamakura station, a popular sightseeing spot.

“There is flooding in various parts of the city, so travelling by car is dangerous,” Kamakura Mayor Takashi Matsuo said on X.

Floodwaters also inundated parts of Ichikawa, east of Tokyo.

Dujuan forced the early closure of the Tokyo Game Show, one of the world’s biggest video game trade fairs, on Monday, its final day.

A major outdoor music festival and a baseball match, both scheduled to be held in Chiba, were also cancelled.

Dujuan is Japan’s 25th typhoon this year. The country often sees strong typhoons in the late summer and early autumn.