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All flights from Narita Airport (Tokyo) have been cancelled until at least the morning of October 13th. Subway services between Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka have also been suspended since October 12th.
Public transportation systems in Japan have ceased operation.
According to some Vietnamese tourists stranded at Narita Airport, most shops and restaurants at the airport closed on October 12th, with only a few remaining open. Around 5 PM that day, the airport's loudspeaker system announced the distribution of sleeping bags and food to stranded passengers. Hundreds of people lined up neatly to receive water and rations. Among them were approximately 30-40 Vietnamese people.
Narita Airport reports that more than 1,500 international travelers are currently stranded there.
On Saturday, October 14, 2019, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Level 5 warning, the highest level, for Super Typhoon Hagibis and urged 45 million residents in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Yamanashi, and Nagano prefectures to evacuate.
By Sunday morning, the government had lifted the flood warning for the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo. However, new flood warnings were issued for areas further north after Super Typhoon Hagibis swept through the capital.
According to NHK television, seven people have died so far. Among them is a man in his 60s who was found in a flooded apartment. Seventeen people are missing, about 80 have been injured, and more than 270,000 households are without electricity.
Hagibis is considered the most destructive super typhoon in Japan in the last 60 years.
Attention is currently focused on Fukushima, home to the Fukushima nuclear power plant which was crippled in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Tokyo Electric Power Company reported last night that there were abnormalities detected by sensors monitoring the city's water supply.
