A large typhoon, the season's fifth, swept through central, eastern and northern Japan on Wednesday, killing two people and flooding more than 3,200 houses.
Heavy rains and strong gusts caused by Typhoon No. 5 also left three people missing and 28 others injured.
The typhoon -- the first to hit Japan's mainland since last September -- ran northward through the Tohoku region and moved further along the eastern coast of Hokkaido at a speed of 75 kph, according to the Meteorological Agency.