Approximately 2,700 households on Hachijojima have been without water for several days after power outages halted supply facilities and landslides damaged key water sources.

Another storm is expected to approach very close to Tokyo's Izu Islands on Monday, following a typhoon that battered the area just days ago. People should take extra caution against landslides and violent winds.

The Japan Meteorological Agency urged residents of the Izu islands to remain on high alert against strong winds and heavy rain on Oct. 13 as Typhoon No. 23 lashed the chain south of Tokyo.

Japan's weather agency is forecasting up to 300 millimeters of rain on the Izu islands in the 24 hours through Thursday noon, with a linear precipitation zone possibly forming.

Residents of Tokyo's Hachijojima Island are hastening to make emergency repairs to homes damaged by a recent typhoon as another storm skirts Japan.

Heavy rain from a typhoon has hit a chain of Japanese islands south of Tokyo. The government urged residents on Thursday to watch for landslides and flooding.

Japan's weather agency issued a special heavy rain warning for the Izu island chain south of Tokyo on Thursday, cautioning about life

TOKYO, Oct 12, (Xinhua): Typhoon No. 23 is moving east over the sea south of Japan's Shikoku and is expected to approach the Izu Islands on Monday, bringing violent winds and heavy rain to the area.

The Ovation of the Seas will arrive in Tokyo two days later due to a typhoon that is currently affecting Japan and the Far East. Currently offering a trans-Pacific cruise that departed from Los Angeles in late September,