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MAKINOHARA, Japan, Sept. 5 Kyodo - Video taken on Sept. 5, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows roofs and exterior walls of residential houses ripped off in Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following an apparent tornado as a typhoon hit wide areas of Japan. (Kyodo)

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RECAP: Typhoon Peipah Brings Heavy Rain, Flooding, and Tornado Damage Across Japan

Typhoon Peipah made landfall in Japan on Friday, September 5, first near Sukumo City in Kochi Prefecture before dawn and again in northern Wakayama Prefecture around 9 a.m., bringing heavy rain and flooding across western to eastern regions. In Shizuoka Prefecture, a tornado linked to the storm caused major damage in Makinohara, Yoshida, and Yaizu, toppling buildings, ripping apart greenhouses, and overturning trucks.

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Typhoon in Japan

Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2025, shows a bending electric pole in Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following an apparent tornado as a typhoon hit wide areas of Japan.

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Japan: Typhoon Peipah Triggers Suspected Tornadoes in Shizuoka, Injuring Residents 3

Severe weather linked to Typhoon Peipah brought suspected tornado damage to Makinohara City, Kakaegawa City, Yoshida Town, and Yaizu City in Shizuoka Prefecture on Friday, September 5. 23 people were injured, some seriously, and over 200 homes were damaged.

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Typhoon in Japan

Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows roofs and exterior walls of residential houses ripped off in Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following an apparent tornado as a typhoon hit wide areas of Japan.

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Typhoon in Japan

Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows roofs and exterior walls of residential houses ripped off in Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following an apparent tornado as a typhoon hit wide areas of Japan.

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Japan: Typhoon Peipah Triggers Suspected Tornadoes in Shizuoka, Injuring Residents 2

Severe weather linked to Typhoon Peipah brought suspected tornado damage to Makinohara City, Yoshida Town, and Yaizu City in Shizuoka Prefecture on Friday, September 5. Buildings suffered collapsed walls, damaged roofs, and overturned trucks, while agricultural greenhouses were blown apart. In Yaizu’s Fujimori district, a man in his 40s working inside a strawberry greenhouse was injured when it was torn away, suffering facial fractures. He was hospitalized but conscious. Other injuries from broken glass were also reported.

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Typhoon in Japan

Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows roofs and exterior walls of residential houses ripped off in Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following an apparent tornado as a typhoon hit wide areas of Japan.

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Typhoon in Japan

Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows roofs and exterior walls of residential houses ripped off in Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following an apparent tornado as a typhoon hit wide areas of western and eastern Japan.

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Japan: Typhoon Peipah Triggers Suspected Tornadoes in Shizuoka, Injuring Residents

Severe weather linked to Typhoon Peipah brought suspected tornado damage to Makinohara City, Yoshida Town, and Yaizu City in Shizuoka Prefecture on Friday, September 5. Buildings suffered collapsed walls, damaged roofs, and overturned trucks, while agricultural greenhouses were blown apart. In Yaizu’s Fujimori district, a man in his 40s working inside a strawberry greenhouse was injured when it was torn away, suffering facial fractures. He was hospitalized but conscious. Other injuries from broken glass were also reported.

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World oldest surfer

Japanese 89-year-old Seiichi Sano poses for a photo with his surf board at a wave machine facility in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 18, 2023. Sano has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to surf.

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World oldest surfer

Japanese 89-year-old Seiichi Sano poses for a photo with his surf board at a wave machine facility in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 18, 2023. Sano has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to surf.

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World oldest surfer

Japanese 89-year-old Seiichi Sano rides a wave at a wave machine facility in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 18, 2023. Sano has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to surf.

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Fuji Dream Airlines commemorates 5th anniversary

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Fuji Dream Airlines Co. Chairman Yohei Suzuki (extreme R) and passengers with gifts pose at Shizuoka airport in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 23, 2014, at a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the airline's launch.

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Antinuclear conference in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shigeki Nishihara (R), mayor of Makinohara, a Shizuoka Prefecture city, speaks during a session of mayors of Japanese municipalities at the Global Conference for a Nuclear Free World in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 15, 2012. The two-day conference ended the same day after adopting the Yokohama Declaration.

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Restoration of quake-hit Tomei Expressway completed

MAKINOHARA, Japan - Traffic flows on the Tomei Expressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 16 after the completion of work to repair an earthquake-hit section. The expressway was partially closed after a magnitude 6.5 quake hit the region on Aug. 11.

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Repair work on Tomei Expressway continues

MAKINOHARA, Japan - Workers continue to repair damage on the Tomei Expressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 14 after the region was hit by a major earthquake on Aug. 11.

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Restoration of quake-hit Tomei Expressway continues

MAKINOHARA, Japan - Restoration work for the damaged shoulder on the Tomei Expressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, continues Aug. 13. The expressway was partially closed following the Aug. 11 magnitude 6.5 quake.

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Restoration of quake-hit Tomei Expressway continues

MAKINOHARA, Japan - Restoration work for the damaged shoulder on the Tomei Expressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, continues Aug. 13. The expressway was partially closed following the Aug. 11 magnitude 6.5 quake.

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Repair work on Tomei Expressway continues

MAKINOHARA, Japan - Workers continue repair work on inbound lanes of the Tomei Epressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 13, two days after it was damaged by a major earthquake on Aug. 11. The inbound lanes, originally scheduled to reopen Aug. 13, will reopen Aug. 15 due to the delay repairing the damage.

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Restoration of quake-hit Tomei Expressway underway

MAKINOHARA, Japan - Restoration work for the collapsed shoulder on the Tomei Expressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, is underway through the night on Aug. 12 after the expressway was partially closed following the magnitude 6.5 quake the previous day.

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Restoration of quake-hit Tomei Expressway underway

MAKINOHARA, Japan - Restoration work for the collapsed shoulder on the Tomei Expressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, is underway through the night on Aug. 12 after the expressway was partially closed following the magnitude 6.5 quake the previous day.

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Restoration of quake-hit Tomei Expressway underway

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Restoration work for the collapsed shoulder on the Tomei Expressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, is underway Aug. 12 after the expressway was partially closed following the magnitude 6.5 quake the previous day.

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Restoration of quake-hit Tomei Expressway underway

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Restoration work for the collapsed shoulder on the Tomei Expressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, is underway Aug. 12 after the expressway was partially closed following the magnitude 6.5 quake the previous day.

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Highway damaged by Shizuoka quake

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Part of the Tomei Expressway is damaged by a mudslide caused by a strong earthquake in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, Aug. 11. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 hit the prefecture and vicinity the same day. (Pool photo)

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Port damaged by Shizuoka quake

SHIZUOKA, Japan - A fisheries cooperative member points at a fissure caused by a strong earthquake at Sagara Port in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 11. The quake hit the prefecture southwest of Tokyo and its vicinity the same day.

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M6.5 quake hits Shizuoka, vicinity

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Part of the Tomei Expressway is damaged by a mudslide caused by a strong earthquake near the Makinohara service station in Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, Aug. 11. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 hit the prefecture and vicinity the same day.

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M6.5 quake hits Shizuoka, vicinity

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Part of the Tomei Expressway is damaged by a mudslide caused by a strong earthquake near the Makinohara service station in Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, Aug. 11. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 hit the prefecture and vicinity the same day.

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M6.5 quake hits Shizuoka, vicinity

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Part of the Tomei Expressway is damaged by a mudslide caused by a strong earthquake near the Makinohara service station in Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, Aug. 11. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 hit the prefecture and vicinity the same day.

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M6.5 quake hits Shizuoka, vicinity

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Part of the Tomei Expressway is damaged by a mudslide caused by a strong earthquake near the Makinohara service station in Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, Aug. 11. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 hit the prefecture and vicinity the same day.

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Baby white wagtail growing in nest on spare tire

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Young wagtail (photo in bottom) are seen May 28 in a nest their parents made in a spare tire (shown by an arrow in top photo) on a vehicle belonging to the Makinohara city office in Shizuoka Prefecture.

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3-yr-old girl dies after left in bus for hours

Police investigators enter a kindergarten in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022, after a 3-year-old girl died the previous day after being left for about five hours inside a school bus.

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3-yr-old dies after left in bus for hours

Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2022, shows a kindergarten in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan, where a 3-year-old girl died on Sept. 5 after she was left for about five hours inside its school bus earlier in the day.

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Restoration of quake-hit Tomei Expressway completed

MAKINOHARA, Japan - Traffic flows on the Tomei Expressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 16 after the completion of work to repair an earthquake-hit section. The expressway was partially closed after a magnitude 6.5 quake hit the region on Aug. 11. (Kyodo)

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Repair work on Tomei Expressway continues

MAKINOHARA, Japan - Workers continue to repair damage on the Tomei Expressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 14 after the region was hit by a major earthquake on Aug. 11. (Kyodo)

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Restoration of quake-hit Tomei Expressway continues

MAKINOHARA, Japan - Restoration work for the damaged shoulder on the Tomei Expressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, continues Aug. 13. The expressway was partially closed following the Aug. 11 magnitude 6.5 quake. (Kyodo)

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Restoration of quake-hit Tomei Expressway continues

MAKINOHARA, Japan - Restoration work for the damaged shoulder on the Tomei Expressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, continues Aug. 13. The expressway was partially closed following the Aug. 11 magnitude 6.5 quake. (Kyodo)

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Repair work on Tomei Expressway continues

MAKINOHARA, Japan - Workers continue repair work on inbound lanes of the Tomei Epressway in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 13, two days after it was damaged by a major earthquake on Aug. 11. The inbound lanes, originally scheduled to reopen Aug. 13, will reopen Aug. 15 due to the delay repairing the damage. (Kyodo)

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Baby white wagtail growing in nest on spare tire

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Young wagtail (photo in bottom) are seen May 28 in a nest their parents made in a spare tire (shown by an arrow in top photo) on a vehicle belonging to the Makinohara city office in Shizuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a beach in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan, on June 24, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Towels are distributed to people waiting to see a Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner on June 24, 2021, in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japanese actor Tetsuya Bessho waves from the observation deck of a regional airport in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan, on June 24, 2021, after running in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japanese actor Tetsuya Bessho arrives at the observation deck of a regional airport in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan, on June 24, 2021, after running in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a beach in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan, on June 24, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a beach in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan, on June 24, 2021.

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Fuji Dream Airlines commemorates 5th anniversary

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Fuji Dream Airlines Co. Chairman Yohei Suzuki (extreme R) and passengers with gifts pose at Shizuoka airport in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 23, 2014, at a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the airline's launch. (Kyodo)

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Antinuclear conference in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shigeki Nishihara (R), mayor of Makinohara, a Shizuoka Prefecture city, speaks during a session of mayors of Japanese municipalities at the Global Conference for a Nuclear Free World in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 15, 2012. The two-day conference ended the same day after adopting the Yokohama Declaration. (Kyodo)

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Tornado in central Japan

Photo taken on May 2, 2021, shows cars pinned under a collapsed shed in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan, following a possible tornado the previous day.

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Tornado in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyoto News helicopter on May 2, 2021, shows a roof ripped from an apartment building in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan, possibly due to a tornado the previous day.

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Tornado in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyoto News helicopter on May 2, 2021, shows a truck knocked on its side in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan, following a possible tornado the previous day.