The Japan Times67%
Tropical Storm Jangmi slams Japan, triggering flood alerts and disrupting transportation 4%
By Jessica Speed0%
6/2/2026, 6:25:00 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Indoctrination, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 20.8% saturation with 179 hits. Analysis detected 654 faulty-reasoning hits from 861 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 18.6% and a BS Rank of 4% (21,024 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 96.10% of the article peer group.
Tropical Storm Jangmi, known in Japan as taifū no. 6, made landfall in southern Wakayama Prefecture at dawn Wednesday, lashing a wide swath of central and eastern Japan with heavy rain, strong winds and triggering flood alerts.
The Meteorological Agency and Wakayama Prefecture issued a Level 5 special flood warning — the highest level — at 6:10 a.m. after flooding occurred along the Koza River.
The warning was later downgraded to Level 2, but officials continued to urge residents to remain alert for rising river levels and flooding.
As of 8 a.m., the typhoon was located about 40 kilometers east-southeast of the city of Shima, Mie Prefecture, and was moving east-northeast at 40 kilometers per hour.
It had a central pressure of 980 hectopascals and was packing maximum sustained winds of 35 meters per second.
As of 9 a.m., flood warnings were in place for several rivers in Tokyo, including Level 4 alerts for the Meguro, Kanda, Nogawa and Sengawa rivers.
A Level 3 alert was also issued in Setagaya Ward.
Landslide warnings at Level 4 were issued for areas including the cities of Ito, Shimoda and Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, as well as parts of Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures.
Evacuation orders were also issued for the city of Omaezaki in Shizuoka, the town of Kihoku in Mie, the city of Yokosuka, in Kanagawa, and Yokohama’s Totsuka Ward, as well as in the town of Otaki in Chiba.
Level 3 warnings were issued for the city of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture.
The meteorological agency said very strong winds were expected Wednesday along the Pacific side of western and eastern Japan and the Tohoku region.
Maximum sustained winds were forecast to reach 25 meters per second in the Kanto-Koshin, Tokai, Kinki and Shikoku regions, with gusts of up to 35 meters per second.
In Tohoku, winds were expected to reach 23 meters per second, with gusts of up to 35 meters per second.
Seas were also forecast to be extremely rough, with swells along the Pacific coast.
Wave heights were expected to reach 9 meters in the Kanto-Koshin and Kinki regions, 8 meters in Tokai, and 6 meters in Tohoku and Shikoku.
The agency urged people to remain on strict alert Wednesday for landslides and high waves with swells along the Pacific side of western and eastern Japan, while also warning of violent winds, flooding in low-lying areas, rising river levels and flooding.
High waves were expected to remain a concern in eastern Japan and Tohoku through Thursday.
The agency advised residents to move indoors and secure their safety if signs of approaching cumulonimbus clouds appear.
Jangmi is also disrupting rail and air travel across Japan, with train operators warning of cancellations and delays in the Tokyo metropolitan area and airlines scrapping hundreds of flights, including services to and from Haneda Airport.
JR East suspended several lines from the start of service.
The Shonan-Shinjuku Line was halted between Shinjuku and Odawara and Zushi stations, with operations expected to resume around 4 p.m.
The Chuo Line was suspended between Takao and Fujimi stations with operations expected to resume around 3 p.m., while the Ome Line was halted between Ome and Okutama stations with operations expected to resume around 8 p.m.
The Tokaido Line was also suspended between Odawara and Atami stations.
Service on the Hachiko Line was suspended in both directions between Haijima and Komagawa stations from around 5:15 a.m. after tree branches became tangled in overhead wires.
Several lines were set to remain suspended for the entire day, including the Uchibo Line between Kimitsu and Awa-Kamogawa stations, the Sobu Main Line between Sakura and Choshi stations, the Kashima Line between Sawara and Kashima-Jingu stations, the Sotobo Line between Kazusa-Ichinomiya and Awa-Kamogawa stations, the Narita Line between Narita and Choshi stations, and the Kururi Line between Kisarazu and Kazusa-Kameyama stations.
Tokyo Metro and other private railway operators in the Tokyo area also warned of possible suspensions and delays from the morning.
Limited express services were heavily affected.
The Narita Express, as well as Azusa and Kaiji trains linking Tokyo with Yamanashi and Nagano prefectures, were suspended from the first trains of the day with operations expected to resume around 3 p.m.
All services were canceled on the Odoriko and Saphir Odoriko lines linking Tokyo and Shizuoka Prefecture; the Shiosai, Sazanami and Wakashio lines linking Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture; the Kinugawa and Spacia Nikko lines linking Tokyo and Tochigi Prefecture; and the Kusatsu/Shima line linking Tokyo and Gunma Prefecture.
Airlines also canceled a large number of flights as the typhoon affected operations.
According to NHK, major domestic carriers canceled about 760 domestic flights on Wednesday, including services to and from Haneda Airport, along with more than 90 international flights.
Domestic cancellations included 292 flights by Japan Airlines, 232 by All Nippon Airways, 70 by Skymark, 37 by Solaseed Air, 32 by Peach Aviation, 31 by Jetstar Japan, 28 by Air Do, 22 by StarFlyer, five by Japan Transocean Air, four each by Fuji Dream Airlines and IBEX Airlines, and two by Spring Japan.
ANA also canceled 55 international flights, while JAL canceled 37.
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