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RECAP: Record Rain Batters Tokyo as Chiba Sees Tornado-Like Event

Heavy rain and thunderstorms caused extreme weather across the Kanto region on Thursday, September 11. In Tokyo, Setagaya Ward recorded 92.0 mm of rain and Ota Ward 88.5 mm in just one hour, with some central areas receiving over 100 mm. The intense downpours disrupted rail and airport services and caused rivers including the Yazawa and Tachiai to overflow. Meanwhile, in Chiba Prefecture, a tornado-like phenomenon was observed, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a “Tornado Advisory” for the Tokyo area.

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Japan: Storms Hit Tokyo and Surrounding Areas, Causing Floods and Power Outages 7

Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas on Thursday, September 11, flooding streets, cutting power to thousands of homes, grounding flights, and prompting emergency alerts for floods and landslides.

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Torrential rain

The Tachiai River overflows in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Sept. 11, 2025, due to torrential rain.

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Japan: Storms Hit Tokyo and Surrounding Areas, Causing Floods and Power Outages 3

Heavy rain battered Tokyo and surrounding areas on Thursday, September 11, flooding streets, cutting power to over 7,000 homes, grounding flights, and triggering emergency alerts for floods and landslides.

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Top court repeals order for registry of surrogate-born twins

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Japanese TV personality Aki Mukai (L) and former professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada are pictured during a press conference on April 11, 2007, after the Supreme Court repealed in March a lower court ruling ordering a Tokyo ward office to accept on its registry twins born to the couple through an American surrogate mother. The decision by the top court finalized Shinagawa Ward's rejection to register the 2003 births of the boys.(Kyodo)

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Japan: Record Rainfall Triggers Flooding Across Greater Tokyo Area 5

On July 10, 2025, record rainfall over 100 mm per hour caused severe flooding in Tokyo and surrounding regions. Roads were submerged, rivers reached flood levels, and emergency alerts were issued. The Meguro River reached flood-risk levels, prompting alerts temporarily for possible evacuations in Shinagawa and Meguro wards.

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Nidec Corporation press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Co.

Nidec Corporation held a press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Mfg. Photo shows, from left, Tatsuya Nishimoto, Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Machinery Business Division, and Takamitsu Araki, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Office.=February 26,2025,Shinagawa, Tokyo

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Nidec Corporation press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Co.

Nidec Corporation held a press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Mfg. Photo shows Tatsuya Nishimoto, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Machinery Business Division.=February 26,2025,Shinagawa, Tokyo

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Nidec Corporation press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Co.

Nidec Corporation held a press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Mfg. Photo shows Takamitsu Araki, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Office.=February 26,2025,Shinagawa, Tokyo

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Nidec Corporation press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Co.

Nidec Corporation held a press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Mfg. Photo shows, from left, Tatsuya Nishimoto, Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Machinery Business Division, and Takamitsu Araki, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Office.=February 26,2025,Shinagawa, Tokyo

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Japan: Intense Rain Hits Evening Rush Hour In Tokyo, Trains Suspended

Heavy rainfall hit the Tokyo metropolitan area on Wednesday, August 21 disrupting some train services during evening rush hour. Videos posted on social media shows water falling from ceilings like a waterfall inside stations and streets flooded like a river across the city.

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Japan: Intense Rain Hits Evening Rush Hour In Tokyo, Trains Suspended 5

Heavy rainfall hit the Tokyo metropolitan area on Wednesday, August 21 disrupting some train services during evening rush hour. Videos posted on social media shows water falling from ceilings like a waterfall inside stations and streets flooded like a river across the city.

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Japan: Typhoon Ampil Approaches Kanto Region, Bringing Torrential Rains

Typhoon Ampil (No. 7) developed into a powerful storm and approached the Kanto region, including Tokyo, on Friday, August 16. Japan Meteorological Agency issued warnings for violent winds and mudslides, as well as high tides, flooding, and swollen and overflowing rivers.

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Crane topples at Tokyo construction site

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a mobile crane that toppled and hit nearby cars at a construction site in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on May 16, 2023. A man died and another was injured, according to police and firefighters.

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Crane topples at Tokyo construction site

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a mobile crane that toppled and hit nearby cars at a construction site in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on May 16, 2023. A man died and another was injured, according to police and firefighters.

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Crane topples at Tokyo construction site

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a mobile crane that toppled and hit nearby cars at a construction site in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on May 16, 2023. A man died and another was injured, according to police and firefighters.

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Crane topples at Tokyo construction site

Rescuers work at a construction site in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward after a mobile crane toppled and hit nearby cars on May 16, 2023. A man died and another was injured, according to police and firefighters.

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Crane topples at Tokyo construction site

Rescuers work at a construction site in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward after a mobile crane toppled and hit nearby cars on May 16, 2023. A man died and another was injured, according to police and firefighters.

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JAPAN-TOKYO-TRADE DEFICIT-RECORD HIGH

(230216) -- TOKYO, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 16, 2023 shows a container port in Shinagawa of Tokyo, Japan. Japan booked a record trade deficit in January owing to rising energy costs and the pace of exports slowing, the government said in a report on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-TRADE DEFICIT-RECORD HIGH

(230216) -- TOKYO, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 16, 2023 shows a container port in Shinagawa of Tokyo, Japan. Japan booked a record trade deficit in January owing to rising energy costs and the pace of exports slowing, the government said in a report on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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"Fortunetelling" otter gets ready for New Year

Taiyo, a small-clawed otter at Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa in Tokyo, practices on Dec. 24, 2022, for a New Year event in which he will ring a bell and draw an "omikuji" fortunetelling slip in front of the audience.

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"Fortunetelling" otter gets ready for New Year

Taiyo, a small-clawed otter at Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa in Tokyo, practices on Dec. 24, 2022, for a New Year event in which he will ring a bell and draw an "omikuji" fortunetelling slip in front of the audience.

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"Fortune-telling" otter gets ready for New Year

Taiyo, a small-clawed otter at Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa in Tokyo, practices on Dec. 24, 2022, for a New Year event in which he will ring a bell and draw an "omikuji" fortunetelling slip in front of the audience.

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"Fortunetelling" otter gets ready for New Year

Taiyo, a small-clawed otter at Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa in Tokyo, practices on Dec. 24, 2022, for a New Year event in which he will ring a bell and draw an "omikuji" fortunetelling slip in front of the audience.

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JR East studying building new station on Yamanote Line

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 4, 2012, shows a part of the Yamanote commuter rail loop line between JR Shinagawa and Tamachi stations, both in Tokyo's Minato Ward. East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, envisions building a new station between those two stations, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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JR East studying building new station on Yamanote Line

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 4, 2012, shows a part of the Yamanote commuter rail loop line between JR Shinagawa (bottom) and Tamachi stations, both in Tokyo's Minato Ward. East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, envisions building a new station between those two stations, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Explosive coronavirus infections in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 7 Kyodo - Commuters wearing face masks head to work at JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo on the morning of Jan. 7, 2021, as Japan is poised to declare another state of emergency in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures later in the day in view of the unabated uptrend in coronavirus infections. The capital's virus cases for the day topped 2,000 for the first time.

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Maglev train

NAGOYA, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo taken in November 2017 shows a magnetically levitated train that is used for testing. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

NAGOYA, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - A tunnel under construction for Central Japan Railway's maglev train service is opened to the public in Hayakawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2017. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo taken in September 2014 shows a magnetically levitated train that is used for testing. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

KOFU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Construction of an emergency exit for Central Japan Railway's maglev train service is under way in Hayakawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Oct. 28, 2016. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Undated photo shows a magnetically levitated train displayed to the public in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture. A maglev service link will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Undated photo shows a magnetically levitated train undergoing testing in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo taken in August 2013 shows magnetically levitated train undergoing testing in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Train with pictures of Tokyo Station's 100 years to run

TOKYO, Japan - A JR Yamanote Line train, displaying pictures of the 100-year history of Tokyo Station instead of advertisements, is shown to the press in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Dec. 17, 2014, ahead of its operation on the loop rail line from the following day through New Year's Day. The special train will run to commemorate the station's centennial on Dec. 20.

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Train with pictures of Tokyo Station's 100 years to run

TOKYO, Japan - A JR Yamanote Line train, displaying pictures of the 100-year history of Tokyo Station instead of advertisements, is shown to the press in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Dec. 17, 2014, ahead of its operation on the loop rail line from the following day through New Year's Day. The special train will run to commemorate the station's centennial on Dec. 20.

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Japan Basketball Association leaders to resign over sanctions

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuru Maruo, the Japan Basketball Association's acting chairman, holds a press conference in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Dec. 3, 2014, after the JBA's directors decided earlier in the day to resign following the International Basketball Federation's decision to ban Japan from international competition for the JBA's failure to merge its two competing leagues.

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JR Tokai to hold ceremonies for maglev train project

TOKYO, Japan - Koei Tsuge, president of Central Japan Railway Co., also known as JR Tokai, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. Tsuge said the company will hold ceremonies to pray for the safety of work to build a magnetically levitated train line at JR Shinagawa and JR Nagoya Stations on Dec. 17. Last month, the Japanese government approved JR Tokai's application to construct the line linking Shinagawa and Nagoya by 2017.

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JR Tokai holds briefing for residents near Maglev project

NAGOYA, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co., known as JR Tokai, holds a briefing session in Nagoya on Oct. 27, 2014, for residents who live around a magnetically levitated train line to be built between Tokyo and the central Japanese city. JR Tokai aims to open Tokyo's Shinagawa-Nagoya maglev train line in 2027.

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Sea lion performs 'uchimizu' to cool down summer heat

TOKYO, Japan - "Pucchi-kun," a sea lion at Tokyo's Epson Shinagawa Aqua Stadium, takes part with children and others in sprinkling water outside the aquarium's entrance during a "uchimizu" event on Aug. 1, 2014. "Uchimizu" is a Japanese custom of sprinkling water with a bucket and ladle to keep down dust as well as cool down the temperature during summer.

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Group plans business school for working mothers

TOKYO, Japan - Saori Osu (far R) and other working mothers discuss marketing strategies during a class held in December 2013 in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. Osu established a working mothers' group in September 2013 to create Japan's first business school for working mothers by working mothers.

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Multitude of ideas behind packaging designer's success

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 22, 2013 in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward shows Kentaro Ito, a packaging art director for cosmetics maker Pola Inc., with the company's aromatic soap dubbed KOU in the packaging he designed. The packaging won a total of seven awards in design competitions in Japan and abroad.

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Sign language interpretation service using iPad

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at Tokyo's Shinagawa Station on June 17, 2013, shows East Japan Railway Co. testing a sign language interpretation service using a videophone application on an Apple Inc. iPad tablet computer.

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Sign language interpretation service using iPad

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at Tokyo's Shinagawa Station on June 17, 2013, shows East Japan Railway Co. testing a sign language interpretation service using a videophone application on an Apple Inc. iPad tablet computer.

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Starbucks to reach 1,000 stores in Japan by end of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 10, 2013, shows the inside of a Starbucks Corp. store set to open the next day in the building housing the new headquarters of the company's Japanese unit in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. Starbucks Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz said on May 10 that the number of the company's coffee stores in Japan will reach 1,000 by the end of the year.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Rumi Shinagawa (L), elder sister of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, and Yamamoto's husband and colleague Kazutaka Sato (R) speak to reporters at an airport in Istanbul on Aug. 24, 2012. They accompanied the body of Mika Yamamoto, who was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 while covering the civil war, back to Narita airport near Tokyo where they arrived on Aug. 25.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Rumi Shinagawa (L front), elder sister of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, Yamamoto's husband and colleague Kazutaka Sato (2nd from L front) and Yamamoto's younger sister Kae Yamamoto (far R), head to an airport in Istanbul on Aug. 24, 2012. They accompanied the body of Mika Yamamoto, who was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 while covering the civil war, back to Narita airport near Tokyo where they arrived on Aug. 25.

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Hunting for AUM fugitive

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers leave for a patrol from JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo to look for Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining AUM Shinrikyo cult fugitive, on June 9, 2012. Takahashi has been wanted over the cult's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway.