A woman’s hair gets blown by the wind in Tokyo on Thursday morning.
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Typhoon lands in Japan, leaving 2 dead, 56 injured

Thursday 08th October, 09:55 AM JST

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memyselfI at 04:25 PM JST - 8th October

South of Tokyo ( Kasai & Maihama area ) I went to work about 6am waited for a train that was supposed to come 718AM. All trains around 7AM started to stop,( keiyo,mushashino,tozai, sobu line & etc. ) it was fun to watch many people coming by bus, taxi, automobile,bicycle & car. It was very funny to see there reaction. Some people waited 1 / 2 hours waiting for the train.Some people to alternate transportation to go to work. Some people took taxi's or walked to work. I gave up after 2 hours waiting at the McDonald's near the train station. I called my Japanese supervisor who lived in america for a long time. He told me to take a day off. He thinks like a foreigner, I love this guy !!! hahahaha !!!! Anyways I am glad my boss has foreigner thinking if he didn't live abroad he probably would have had a counseling session about why I didn't show up to work during a typhoon.
memyselfI at 04:33 PM JST - 8th October

If you went to work using the mass transit system in Tokyo today during morning rush. And you made it to work or was half way there before the train stopped. You deserve a free beer and a free JR train pass for one month. hahahahaha !!!!
hoserfella at 06:11 PM JST - 8th October

Better safe than sorry. I stocked up on food just in case- now I don't have to go shopping for a while : )

The758- that's a joke, right?
animallover at 10:01 PM JST - 8th October

For the first time in my 20 years in Japan, I saw a very clear blue sky and clouds.The typhoon has its advantage. Feel sorry for the victims.
Max1984 at 10:17 PM JST - 8th October

Please do not discount the potential destruction of a typhoon. We get lucky more times than not but when we get hit, the hit is hard.

The worst I have experienced was in 1991, Typhoon #19 that got us here in western Japan. Surrounding areas had water and electricity knocked out for days. Many roofs blown apart, utility poles down, etc. It wasn't "fun" or pretty to say the least.

Typhoons are great when you're young, renting and don't have a family to care for. Please keep in mind that many are not so fortunate.
nandakandamanda at 10:47 PM JST - 8th October

The guy went to the shrine to collect Ginko nuts. Rows of Icho trees there. Lots of the nuts had been blown down in the strong winds and they are quite expensive to buy. They showed the overturned bucket on TV. The early bird catches the worm, he must've thought, but he got hit by a torn-off bough, and RIP...
Apsara at 06:40 AM JST - 9th October

For the first time in my 20 years in Japan, I saw a very clear blue sky and clouds.

Good grief, animallover, you need to go outside more or just look up more. That's what you get every time there's a typhoon or even an overnight rainstorm, and I have many photos to prove it.
And_so_I_say at 07:29 AM JST - 9th October

Just because you can see clear blue skies doesn't mean that the typhoon didn't hit other parts of Japan and affected other people. So try to be a bit more sensitive to others who got affected.
kokorocloud at 10:04 AM JST - 9th October

What is wrong with some of you? I'm glad you were blessed not to have any damage, but don't just blow off (no pun intended) the entire thing. I didn't get much damage where I am now, but I have friends further south who can tell me some stories now. Ridiculous. Heaven forbid another natural disaster occur and YOU get affected while other people pass it off as no big deal.
betterdays at 10:32 AM JST - 9th October

A typhoon made landfall in Japan

Please xplain this statement... am confused
Sammi33 at 11:26 AM JST - 9th October

in Florida or the Caribbean if there was a cat.2 or above hurricane coming people tape the windows, secure/bring inside anything outside, stock up on food and wait it out. People in southern Japan where it hit the hardest were going to work, riding bicycles, etc. Total lack of common sense where I came from. If we had tried that during Luis in 1995 I wouldn't be alive now.
nandakandamanda at 12:12 PM JST - 9th October

betterdays... nautical English
Yelnats at 12:30 PM JST - 9th October

I went down to Shonan and checked out the waves. Wind kept knocking me off my feet. Amazing wind.
LIBERTAS at 09:50 PM JST - 9th October

I always get a kick out of the weather reporters sent out during typhoons. "How's the weather Taro?" "Windy and wet" as he clings for dear life to the railings overlooking the cliffs with the monstrous waves crashing in on the rocks below, as his life flashes before him.

Of course it's wet and windy, it's a typhoon for heaven's sake!
Icewind007 at 02:48 AM JST - 10th October

SO... a 54 year old man was delivering papers on his bike in the middle of a typhoon? That's hard core. May he RIP.