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Over 10,000 Homes Remain without Power in Eastern Japan After Typhoon
- On Friday, more than 10,000 homes in Chiba Prefecture remained without power after Typhoon Dujuan brought record-breaking rainfall to eastern Japan earlier this week, with TEPCO Power Grid Inc. warning outages could be prolonged.
- The storm breached levees at Lake Imbanuma in northern Chiba Prefecture, flooding homes and rice paddies as the lake's water level reached about 3 meters by Friday morning. The infrastructure ministry planned emergency drainage pumping to restore it to 2.3 meters by Saturday at the earliest.
- Business owner Shoji Sakuma, 63, in Ichihara has lacked electricity since Monday evening and planned to sleep in his car because "it's hot and I can't use the air conditioner." In Kimitsu, Ayumi Kono, 32, carried about 60 liters of water daily, saying "the toilet is the biggest problem."
- The typhoon killed 11 people—seven in Chiba Prefecture and four in Kanagawa—with three missing; approximately 2,700 households in Chiba lacked clean water as of Thursday. Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tatsunori Ibayashi pledged Friday to "do everything we can" working with the prefecture and Japan Water Agency on recovery.
- With another typhoon approaching, the infrastructure ministry aims to complete emergency repairs and drainage within about a week, though residents like Sakuma face indefinite waits as restoration timelines for both electricity and water remain unclear.
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Typhoon Dujuan has left more than 10,000 homes in Chiba without power, while thousands of residents are also experiencing a water crisis.
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