Each typhoon season, the sea reminds Japan's most populated corridors that human density and natural force occupy the same fragile ground. Typhoon Chan-hom, the fifteenth storm of the season, bore down on the Kanto region — home to Tokyo and millions of its neighbors — on Tuesday afternoon, carrying winds gusting to 126 kilometers per hour and rainfall capable of triggering floods and landslides. The storm was expected to exhaust itself over the Sea of Japan by Wednesday, but not before testing the preparedness of one of the world's great urban concentrations. In the interval between warning a
Typhoon Chan-hom threatens Tokyo, Kanto region with landfall Tuesday
Potential for displacement and infrastructure damage from strong winds and heavy rainfall affecting millions in Tokyo and surrounding Kanto region.