Typhoon Chan-hom, designated No. 15 by Japan's Meteorological Agency, is tracing a deliberate path toward one of the world's most densely inhabited landscapes — the Kanto-Tohoku corridor that holds Tokyo and tens of millions of lives within its reach. Moving at a measured 15 kilometers per hour, the storm carries not only wind and rain but the weight of consequence: flooding, displacement, and the fragility of infrastructure laid bare. In the hours before landfall, Japan finds itself in that ancient human interval between knowing and enduring.
Typhoon Chan-hom set to strike Japan's main island Tuesday
Potential for casualties, displacement, and infrastructure damage across Japan's Kanto-Tohoku region as typhoon crosses densely populated areas.