Typhoons in Japan

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Satellite image of Typhoon Hagibis making landfall in Japan in 2019 one of the country's most destructive typhoons Hagibis 2019 both landfalls.gif
Satellite image of Typhoon Hagibis making landfall in Japan in 2019 one of the country's most destructive typhoons

Japan is one of the countries frequently hit by typhoons, with the nation giving its own names to particularly destructive storms.

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Since records began in 1951, an average of 2.6 typhoons reached the main islands of Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido per year. Okinawa is, due to its geographic location, most vulnerable to typhoons with an average of 7 storms per year. The most destructive was Typhoon Vera (known in Japan as the Isewan Typhoon), with 5,000 casualties in the Tokai region in September 1959. The costliest to affect Japan (and the second costliest in the Western Pacific basin when not adjusted for inflation) was Typhoon Hagibis (also known as the Reiwa 1 East Japan Typhoon), which caused $17.3 billion (2019 USD) in damages throughout the country. [1] Until the 1960s, the death toll was often hundreds of people per typhoon. Since then, improvements in construction, flood prevention, high tide detection and early warnings have substantially reduced the death toll, which now rarely exceeds a dozen people per typhoon. Japan also has special search and rescue units to save people in distress.

20th century

Pre-1950s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

21st century

2000s

2010s

2020s

Special names of typhoons by JMA

The Japan Meteorological Agency assigns special names to typhoons that have caused significant damage in Japan. [25]

Significant typhoons with special names [26]
(from the Japan Meteorological Agency)
NameNumberJapanese name
Ida T4518Makurazaki Typhoon (枕崎台風) [27] [28]
Louise T4523Akune Typhoon (阿久根台風)
Marie T5415Tōya Maru Typhoon (洞爺丸台風)
Ida T5822Kanogawa Typhoon (狩野川台風)
Sarah T5914Miyakojima Typhoon (宮古島台風)
Vera T5915Isewan Typhoon (伊勢湾台風)
Nancy T61182nd Muroto Typhoon (第2室戸台風)
Cora T66182nd Miyakojima Typhoon (第2宮古島台風)
Della T68163rd Miyakojima Typhoon (第3宮古島台風)
Babe T7709Okinoerabu Typhoon (沖永良部台風)
Faxai T1915Reiwa 1 Bōsō Peninsula Typhoon (令和元年房総半島台風)
Hagibis T1919Reiwa 1 East Japan Typhoon (令和元年東日本台風)

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