Overview
- Search-and-rescue teams were still operating on Thursday after Typhoon No.25 produced record rain in Chiba and Kanagawa, with authorities reporting 10 confirmed deaths and four people missing.
- Flooding and two levee breaches left neighborhoods underwater in the Inba-numa area, causing damage to homes, roads and farmland and keeping water levels high in some places.
- JR East said multiple rail lines remain suspended or operating with reduced service and that repairs on the worst-hit sections could take about three months, leaving many commuters facing prolonged disruption.
- Major U.S. television networks declined to broadcast President Trump’s welcome ceremony for Xi Jinping after some outlets were excluded from a White House-managed pool, with networks holding back coverage while legal review proceeded.
- Other concurrent developments noted by reporters included a $352 drop in the Dow on rising oil and rate concerns, Syria’s interim president telling the U.N. that reconstruction has begun, Japan sending about 60 competitors to WorldSkills in Shanghai, and a rise in correctional facilities signing disaster cooperation pacts that can serve as evacuation sites.