The season's 18th typhoon Phanfone made a landfall near Hamamatsu in Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture early Monday, some 200 km southwest of Tokyo, and will likely to head the Tokyo metropolitan area, according to Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA).
Heavy rainfall measured about 110 mm in an hour was seen in southern parts of Shizuoka city due to typhoon Phanfone, which also brought heavy rains and strong winds to the Shikoku, Tokai and Kinki regions, the agency said.
More than 200,000 people in Aichi, Shizuoka and Kanagawa prefectures were urged by local authorities to evacuate for possible river flooding and mudslide in the affected areas.
The Shinkansen bullet train service were partly suspended and over 400 flights operated mainly by Japanese airlines were canceled or delayed due to the powerful typhoon, according to local reports.
Japanese broadcaster NHK said that the typhoon left one U.S. serviceman dead on Sunday in southernmost Okinawa Prefecture and two remained missing.
The powerful typhoon also halted rescue and search operations Sunday in the peak area of Mount Ontake after a deadly volcano eruption on Sept. 27, in fear of mudslide triggered by heavy rains in the area.
Typhoon Phanfone was moving northeast at a speed of 45 km per hour with an atmospheric pressure of 950 hectopascals at its center and packing winds of up to 180 km per hour, according to the JMA.