The Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo has urged all Bangladesh nationals living in Japan to follow the directives of Japan Meteorological Agency and local authorities properly amid massive typhoon there.
The typhoon, bringing in heavy downpours and winds, made a landfall on Japan’s main island of Honshu on Saturday evening, while the country remains under red alert as an unprecedented emergency warning was issued
for Tokyo and six prefectures. The Bangladesh Embassy is closely monitoring the steps taken by the Japanese government and remains in touch with the Bangladesh community representatives constantly, according to a message issued by the Embassy for Bangladesh nationals.
No casualty of Bangladesh nationals has been reported so far, said the Embassy urging Bangladesh nationals to get in touch with the Embassy through emergency helpline numbers 080-4456-1971, 070-32024400, 080-40656601.
The Japanese weather agency issued an emergency warning over Typhoon Hagibis ahead of its landing on the Izu Peninsula before 7 p.m, according to Kyodo News.
Japan was at its highest alert level as the typhoon threatened to sweep over Tokyo, with over 3 million advised to evacuate, train operators suspending most services and airports shut down in the metropolitan and surrounding areas, it reported.
Typhoon Hagibis, meaning “swift” in the Philippine language Tagalog, could dump amounts of rain not seen since a deadly typhoon in 1958, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
