Typhoon Dujuan Hits Japan: Deaths, Evacuations and Power Cuts
Typhoon Dujuan killed at least two people in Japan and left tens of thousands of homes without power as it moved away on the morning of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, according to the latest reporting The Guardian.
More than 1.6 million residents in and around Tokyo were urged to evacuate on Monday. Those advisories were guidance, not mandatory orders. A day earlier, evacuation orders covered almost two million people across affected prefectures, as reported by the BBC BBC. The difference reflects the storm's wider footprint beyond the capital and local updates as bands of heavy rain shifted.
The confirmed deaths include a woman in her 60s in Yokosuka, killed when mud flowed into a home, and one person who died in Chiba. Four people were still missing after landslides, with search operations continuing. Yokosuka, a city in Kanagawa prefecture near Tokyo, reported multiple landslides from torrential rain. One landslide-hit area requested help from the military BBC. Authorities had issued a 'threat to life' warning as the storm closed in.
Dujuan brought winds of 144km/h (89mph) and prolonged, intense rainfall. Oshima, an island about 120km south of central Tokyo, received 832mm of rain in 48 hours. That is more than double its average rainfall for all of September. Tokyo's Edogawa ward set a record with 282.5mm in 24 hours.
The storm was approaching Japan's Pacific coast on Monday, September 21, with torrential rain and violent winds. Makiko Yamazaki reported for Reuters at 2:11 AM UTC on September 21 that the typhoon was approaching eastern Japan and had prompted flood and landslide warnings Reuters. Later coverage repeated those flood and landslide warnings for eastern Japan DW.
Transport and power networks around the capital were disrupted. Japan Airlines cancelled 135 flights and All Nippon Airways cancelled 140 flights due to the typhoon. Almost 50,000 households in Chiba near Tokyo were still without electricity on Tuesday morning. Tens of thousands of houses near Tokyo remained without power after the storm passed. Japan was in the middle of a five-day holiday, which complicated travel for holidaymakers and return trips.
The Japan Meteorological Agency designated the storm as T2625 (Dujuan) Japan Meteorological Agency. Its RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center, the regional office that tracks tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific and the South China Sea, warns that heavy rain, strong winds and high waves can continue even after a typhoon weakens into a tropical depression, a less organized low-pressure system.
The broader context here is scale and timing. An evacuation pool near two million, record rainfall in a Tokyo ward, and island totals above a monthly average in two days point to very local dangers inside a broad warning zone. Because advisories were not mandatory, households and local officials had to judge the risk. The next test is landslides, river levels, and restoring power in Chiba and nearby districts while accounting for the missing. For airlines, many cancellations during a holiday week mean heavy rebooking pressure even after winds ease.
