Typhoon hits Japanese islands south of Tokyo with heavy rain

This image from a video released by Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Port and Harbor shows waves hitting the shore of Kaminato Port in Hachijo Island, south of Tokyo Japan Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Port and Harbor via AP)

TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain from a typhoon on Thursday battered a chain of Japanese islands south of Tokyo and the government urged residents to watch for landslides and flooding.

Kyodo news agency reported there has been record rainfall in parts of the Izu island chain located 280 kilometers (174 miles) south of the Japanese capital.

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