A large typhoon was moving closer to eastern Japan’s Pacific coast on Monday, bringing heavy rain to the Tokyo area and triggering landslides in Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, with two people confirmed dead, according to local governments.
In Sodegaura, Chiba, a 51-year-old man working to restore a damaged road died in hospital after a landslide engulfed him and the hydraulic excavator he was operating, police said.
In Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, a female resident died after her house was…
