Typhoons in Japan

Japan is one of the countries frequently hit by typhoons.

Since recording started in 1951, an average of 2.6 typhoons reached the main islands of Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido per year. Approximately 10.3 typhoons approach within the 300 kilometer range near the coast of Japan. Okinawa is, due to its geographic location, most vulnerable to typhoons with an average of 7 storms per year. The most destructive was Isewan Typhoon with 5,000 casualties in the Tokai region in September 1959. In October 2004, Typhoon Tokage caused heavy rain in Kyushu and central Japan with 98 casualties. Until the 1960s the death toll was hundreds of people per typhoon. Since the 1960s improvements in construction, flood prevention, high tides detection and early warnings substantially reduced the death toll which rarely exceeds a dozen people per typhoon. Japan also has special search and rescue units to save people in distress.^[1]

Special names of typhoons by JMA

The JMA assigns special names to typhoons that have caused significant damage so that they can be handed down to future generations.^[2]

**Significant typhoons with special names**^[3]
(from the Japan Meteorological Agency)
Name	Number	Japanese name
Ida	T4518	Makurazaki Typhoon (阿久根あくね台風たいふう)^[4]^[5]
Louise	T4523	Akune Typhoon (阿久根あくね台風たいふう)
Marie	T5415	Tōya Maru Typhoon (洞爺とうや丸まる台風たいふう)
Ida	T5822	Kanogawa Typhoon (狩野川かのがわ台風たいふう)
Sarah	T5914	Miyakojima Typhoon (宮古島みやこじま台風たいふう)
Vera	T5915	Isewan Typhoon (伊勢湾いせわん台風たいふう)
Nancy	T6118	2nd Muroto Typhoon (第だい2室しつ戸と台風たいふう)
Cora	T6618	2nd Miyakojima Typhoon (第だい2宮古島みやこじま台風たいふう)
Della	T6816	3rd Miyakojima Typhoon (第だい3宮古島みやこじま台風たいふう)
Babe	T7709	Okinoerabu Typhoon (沖永良部おきのえらぶ台風たいふう)
Faxai	T1915	Reiwa 1 Bōsō Peninsula Typhoon (令れい和わ元年がんねん房総半島ぼうそうはんとう台風たいふう)
Hagibis	T1919	Reiwa 1 East Japan Typhoon (令れい和わ元年がんねん東日本ひがしにっぽん台風たいふう)

References

^ "Typhoons in Japan". Factsanddetails.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020.
^ "顕著けんちょな災害さいがいを起おこした自然しぜん現象げんしょうの名称めいしょうについて". www.jma.go.jp. 気象庁きしょうちょう. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
^ "気象庁きしょうちょうが名称めいしょうを定さだめた気象きしょう・地震じしん・火山かざん現象げんしょう一覧いちらん" (in Japanese). Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
^ "枕崎まくらざき台風たいふう昭和しょうわ20年ねん（1945年ねん）９月がつ17日にち～９月がつ18日にち". www.data.jma.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-08-08.
^ 第だい三さん版はん,日本にっぽん大だい百科全書ひゃっかぜんしょ(ニッポニカ), ブリタニカ国際こくさい大だい百科ひゃっか事典じてん小しょう項目こうもく事典じてん,朝日新聞あさひしんぶん掲載けいさい「キーワード」,デジタル大辞泉だいじせん,百科ひゃっか事典じてんマイペディア,世界せかい大だい百科ひゃっか事典じてん第だい２版はん,大辞林だいじりん. "枕崎まくらざき台風たいふう(まくらざきたいふう)とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-08-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[typhoondetails-1] "Typhoons in Japan". Factsanddetails.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020.

[2] "顕著けんちょな災害さいがいを起おこした自然しぜん現象げんしょうの名称めいしょうについて". www.jma.go.jp. 気象庁きしょうちょう. Retrieved 2022-12-02.

[3] "気象庁きしょうちょうが名称めいしょうを定さだめた気象きしょう・地震じしん・火山かざん現象げんしょう一覧いちらん" (in Japanese). Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

[4] "枕崎まくらざき台風たいふう昭和しょうわ20年ねん（1945年ねん）９月がつ17日にち～９月がつ18日にち". www.data.jma.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-08-08.

[:2-5] 第だい三さん版はん,日本にっぽん大だい百科全書ひゃっかぜんしょ(ニッポニカ), ブリタニカ国際こくさい大だい百科ひゃっか事典じてん小しょう項目こうもく事典じてん,朝日新聞あさひしんぶん掲載けいさい「キーワード」,デジタル大辞泉だいじせん,百科ひゃっか事典じてんマイペディア,世界せかい大だい百科ひゃっか事典じてん第だい２版はん,大辞林だいじりん. "枕崎まくらざき台風たいふう(まくらざきたいふう)とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-08-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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