According to the agency, residents of 15 prefectures in the west and south-west of Japan were evacuated due to an emergency.

In Hiroshima Prefecture, an 82-year-old man died, who was carried away to the sea due to a strong wind.

Due to the disaster in western Japan, train traffic was stopped, and the country's largest airlines canceled more than 400 domestic and international flights.

Previously reported one dead and 21 injured by a typhoon in Japan.