“We need to remain highly vigilant for heavy down pours, gales, high dunes and storm spikes, ” an agency public said at a news conference.
Television footage showed a toppled traffic signal and submerged farmlands.
Kyushu Railway, the train operator serving Japan’s western major island of Kyushu, mentioned it had halted operations for all associated with Monday, while Japan Airlines and ANA Holdings have cancelled about 800 plane tickets for the day, public broadcaster NHK reported.
About 340, 500 households, most of them in Kyushu, were with no electricity as of early Monday morning, the particular trade ministry mentioned.