Typhoon Dujuan leaves dead and missing in Japan
Heavy rain caused landslides in the region around Tokyo as rescue services searched for missing people.
Typhoon Dujuan has caused landslides and flooding in eastern Japan. Reuters reported four dead and six missing on Tuesday; the figures may still change as rescue services search collapsed homes and mud-covered streets.
The heaviest impacts were reported in the prefectures of Kanagawa and Chiba, south and east of Tokyo. According to Reuters, a woman in her sixties died in Yokosuka after mud entered a home. Three other fatalities were reportedly aged between their fifties and eighties, according to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK.
In Miura, Kanagawa, emergency workers cleared debris from a home affected by a landslide. Missing people were being sought in the area. The typhoon then moved further north-east, but the effects of the rain remained visible in residential neighbourhoods and on roads.
Around 45,000 households were temporarily without electricity, according to Reuters. The storm caused particular problems along Japan’s Pacific coast and in the Kanto region, where Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures are located. Local authorities warned of further landslides and flooding in places where the ground was already saturated.
The Japan Meteorological Agency tracked Dujuan as a typhoon as the system moved along the Japanese coast. An earlier forecast by Weathernews, based on data from the agency, predicted heavy rain and strong winds in Kanto-Koshin and a transition to an extratropical low-pressure system east of Japan.
The storm highlighted the distinction between the meteorological development and the human consequences. Even after the typhoon’s core had moved on, rescue work, power restoration and checks on slopes remained necessary. The reported numbers of dead and missing are therefore a snapshot and may be adjusted as new reports come in.
The event is a new development compared with the earlier warnings of severe weather in Kanto. Around midday, no complete overview was yet available of the precise amount of rainfall, the total damage or whether all the missing people had been found.
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- confirmed Typhoon Dujuan caused landslides in Kanagawa and Chiba. — Reuters describes landslides in both prefectures. source
- confirmed Reuters reported four dead and six missing. — State of affairs in the Reuters report of 22 September 2026. source
- confirmed Around 45,000 households were without electricity. — Figure mentioned in the Reuters report. source
- confirmed The Japan Meteorological Agency tracked Dujuan as a typhoon. — The meteorological tracking information refers to Dujuan as a typhoon. source
Editor's note
The reported figure of four dead and six missing comes from a Reuters report citing NHK. The figures remain subject to change; a complete damage assessment was not available.Sources
- Torrential rains brought by Japan typhoon kill four, NHK says — Reuters via MarketScreener
- Update: Typhoon No. 25 Dujuan to Brush Kanto-Koshin — Weathernews
- Tropical Cyclone Position — Hong Kong Observatory
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