Typhoon Dujuan killed at least two people and injured five others in Japan, while thousands of homes near Tokyo lost power, authorities said Tuesday.
By morning, the typhoon had moved away from the Japanese coast and into the Pacific Ocean, and authorities either lifted or lowered most of their warnings for heavy rain and landslides.
Dujuan had already forced the cancellation of the closing day of the Tokyo Game Show, one of the world's largest gaming expos.
Japan is prone to powerful typhoons in late summer and early autumn, and other storms have previously disrupted events at the Asian Games, which the country is hosting.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported one death in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, while a local official confirmed to AFP that another person had died in Chiba Prefecture. Rescue teams continued searching for four people missing after landslides triggered by the torrential rain, according to NHK. The typhoon also caused power outages for more than 46,000 homes in Chiba, near Tokyo.
Scientists point out that climate change caused by human activity is making these kinds of extreme events more frequent, intense, and longer-lasting.
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