Typhoon Dujuan brought a broad disruption to the Tokyo region, with authorities urging more than 1.6 million residents in and around the capital to leave vulnerable areas on Monday as torrential rain battered the area early Tuesday.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said the evacuation advisories were not mandatory. Dujuan was carrying winds of some 144 kilometres (89 miles) per hour on Monday as it moved to around 130 kilometres south of Katsuura City near Tokyo.
Its route was expected to cross the Izu Islands, where evacuation warnings were in force. By early Tuesday, the typhoon had moved away from the coast and was heading northeast out to sea.
Heavy rainfall triggered landslides in Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, where two people have been confirmed dead. Landslide warnings were also issued for Tokyo and for Chiba, Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures.
Forecasters said total rainfall through Tuesday could exceed the average monthly rainfall for September, bringing record-breaking heavy rain. Roads in front of Kamakura station were flooded, while floodwater inundated parts of Ichikawa city east of Tokyo.
The storm tested transport networks across the capital and neighbouring regions. Japan Airlines cancelled 135 flights, while All Nippon Airways scrapped 140 flights. Railway operators suspended services on some lines in Tokyo and neighbouring regions.
More than 9,000 households near Tokyo were without power. The available information did not establish how long the outages or transport suspensions would last, or how many people acted on the evacuation advisories.
Dujuan also disrupted public events. The Tokyo Game Show closed early on Monday, its final day, because of the typhoon. A major outdoor music festival and a baseball match scheduled for Chiba were cancelled.
The scale of the evacuation advisory reflected the risk posed by the storm across the densely populated metropolitan region. The full extent of property damage, the eventual casualty count and the recovery timetable for affected infrastructure remained unclear as Dujuan moved northeast.
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