Update: Typhoon Dujuan toll rises to four dead and six missing in Japan's Kanto region

Japan · Environment / disaster · 2026.09.22 · 06:55 UTC

Typhoon Dujuan brought torrential rain, flooding and landslides to eastern Japan. Reuters and dpa, citing public broadcaster NHK on September 22, reported that the toll had risen to four dead and six missing. Tokyo Electric Power said about 45,000 homes were without electricity as searches continued. The figures may change.

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Kanagawa Prefecture's 10th report, issued at 8 a.m. JST on September 22 with figures as of 7:30 a.m., confirmed one death and two missing people in Yokosuka, plus two missing people and one seriously injured person in Miura. Three other people were lightly injured and two homes were destroyed. Evacuation orders remained in parts of Yokohama, Yokosuka and Miura, roads were closed and several reservoirs continued controlled releases.

Reuters updated its report at 03:14 UTC on September 22, saying NHK's wider count had risen to four dead and six missing. dpa reported the same overall toll at 05:34 UTC and said three people died in Chiba landslides while a fourth resident died after a landslide struck her home in Kanagawa. This is a later and broader national-media count than Kanagawa's 10th bulletin; some local-government breakdowns may lag.

Tokyo Electric Power said about 45,000 homes lost electricity. Kanagawa reported 365.5 millimetres of accumulated rainfall at Miura as intense rain triggered landslides, road disruption and home damage. Chiba City lifted its landslide alert at 7:34 a.m. on September 22 but warned that saturated soil meant slope hazards could persist.

The transport ministry's fifth report at 8 p.m. on September 21 said rainfall since September 19 had exceeded 800 millimetres in the Izu Islands, 500 millimetres in Shizuoka and 450 millimetres in Chiba. It recorded 384 flight cancellations, 37 conventional rail lines suspended and 68 sections of 14 expressways closed that day. Those are September 21 figures and do not establish that every disruption continued on September 22.

A social-media video included in the email lead claimed that a vehicle was fully submerged around Chiba and Narita. N Globe could not verify that the video was recorded there on September 21. Public searches also found widely circulated submerged-vehicle footage from deadly flooding in Chiba and Narita on August 14, so this report does not use the video as evidence or repeat its casualty and damage claims.

This update uses Kanagawa Prefecture's 10th report, transport-ministry material, Reuters and dpa reporting. The accompanying image is an N Globe editorial illustration, not documentary footage. Verification status: corrected / updated. News value: S-level breaking news. Origin region: Japan (Asia). Primary section: Environment / disaster. Related regions: Asia and World. Updated: September 22, 2026, 06:55 UTC. Death, missing-person and damage figures may change.

This report is an original summary based on verified sources, not a verbatim reproduction.