Japan storm
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The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has reported that a low pressure system storm caused by typhoon-like winds worked its way across the country over the weekend and into Monday, leaving extensive damage and affecting public train routes, along with injuring a number of people. Both the western and eastern parts of the country experienced heavy rainfall by Saturday evening, with the JMA issuing warnings for wind speeds as high as 126 kilometers per hour (78 mph) and waves as large as 6 to 8 meters in coastal areas.

A number of train routes connecting Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe were either fully or partially cancelled by West Japan Railway Co. Train services on the other side of the country were also affected by the bad weather, with East Japan Railway Co. canceling or delaying a number of routes to and from Tokyo by several hours. Bullet trains had to be halted at the nearest stations due to the danger of high winds, resulting in some 700 passengers with nowhere else to go spending the night aboard.

More than 30 injuries were reported across the country, mostly related to falls after strong gusts of wind or getting hit by debris. Three injuries in northeastern Japan's Miyagi Prefecture included a 79 year old man inside a shed that blown nearly 50 meters, a 55 year old woman who was knocked to the ground, and another man who was hit in the head by a flying object in front of his house. In addition, three deaths were reported in relation to the storm, all people who drowned after getting swept out to sea by large waves when standing near the ocean shore; one in Hokkiado, Japan's northernmost islands, one in Kagoshima Prefecture, and the last in Mie Prefecture.