Flights scrapped, evacuations urged as Typhoon Dujuan wallops Japan
Typhoon Dujuan has caused significant disruption in Japan, leading to flight cancellations, power outages, and evacuation advisories for over a million people. Two deaths have been reported due to landslides triggered by the heavy rainfall.
Why it matters
Extreme weather events like Typhoon Dujuan highlight the ongoing vulnerability of infrastructure to climate-related disasters in the region.
More than one million people were under evacuation advisories in Japan early on Tuesday (September 22, 2026), and hundreds of flights were cancelled, as Typhoon Dujuan brushed past Tokyo , bringing torrential rain, flooding and landslides to the region.
Two people were confirmed dead after heavy rainfall triggered landslides in the Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures near Tokyo, local governments said, according to Japanese media, including the Kyodo news agency.
Japan often sees strong typhoons in late summer and early autumn, and other storms have already disrupted some events at the Asian Games being hosted in the country.
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