{"id":37979,"date":"2026-06-10T00:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/37979\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T00:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:10:32","slug":"japans-looming-typhoon-crisis-threatens-disaster-defences-and-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/37979\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s looming typhoon crisis threatens disaster defences and tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Japan could be heading into one of the worst typhoon seasons in its history, raising fears that stronger, more frequent storms will challenge not only the country\u2019s disaster defences but also a summer travel industry already stretched by packed trains, hotels and itineraries.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tokyo-based Weathernews, a private meteorological firm providing long-range forecasts across Asia, has predicted that as many as 28 typhoons could affect Japan this year, with up to 14 potentially making landfall \u2013 well above the usual level and close to historical extremes.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In a typical year, about 25 storm systems form in the western North Pacific, while fewer than three usually strike Japan\u2019s main islands. The country\u2019s record of 33 typhoons forming in a single year was set in 1994, while the highest number to make landfall is 10, in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A swollen Koza River, following heavy rainfall brought by Typhoon Jangmi, in Kushimoto, Japan\u2019s Wakayama prefecture, on June 3. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5e65129d-6ade-415e-8340-2ba0af6ea4b7_6f9827ac.jpg\" title=\"A swollen Koza River, following heavy rainfall brought by Typhoon Jangmi, in Kushimoto, Japan\u2019s Wakayama prefecture, on June 3. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters\"\/>A swollen Koza River, following heavy rainfall brought by Typhoon Jangmi, in Kushimoto, Japan\u2019s Wakayama prefecture, on June 3. Photo: Kyodo via ReutersIf the long-range predictions prove accurate, parts of Japan could face repeated bouts of extreme weather through the summer and into early autumn. Disruption from <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/asia\/east-asia\/article\/3355856\/typhoon-jangmi-churns-along-japans-pacific-coast-leaves-dozens-hurt?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Typhoon Jangmi<\/a> earlier this month offered an early warning of how quickly storms can ripple through the country\u2019s transport and tourism systems.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Clean-up work is still under way in parts of central Japan after Jangmi made landfall in southern Wakayama prefecture in the early hours of June 3.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Level Five emergency warning for flooding along some rivers in the prefecture and urged residents to evacuate to higher ground, while Level Four warnings for extensive flooding and landslides were issued for Tokyo, Kanagawa prefecture and seven other prefectures across eastern Japan.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Airlines cancelled 524 domestic flights, while shinkansen bullet trains, regular rail services and metro lines were cancelled or delayed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan could be heading into one of the worst typhoon seasons in its history, raising fears that stronger,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11239,28011,28012,28010,8,4841,3570,3375,23,28015,245,24653,28014,27079,28013],"class_list":["post-37979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-ashley-harvey","tag-el-nino","tag-hironori-fudeyasu","tag-ise-bay","tag-japan","tag-japan-meteorological-agency","tag-mie-prefecture","tag-pacific","tag-philippines","tag-shionomisaki","tag-south-china-sea","tag-typhoon-jangmi","tag-typhoon-vera","tag-wakayama-prefecture","tag-weathernews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}