Nissan, Sony Shut Plants After Typhoon Faxai Hits Tokyo

Nissan, Sony among firms to close some plants due to typhoon
Trains continue to experience delays, while flights canceled

A man shield himself from the wind with an umbrella early morning in Tokyo. on Sept. 9.Photographer: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images via Bloomberg

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By Kana Nishizawa and Shoko Oda

September 8, 2019 at 3:05 AM UTC

Updated on

September 9, 2019 at 4:35 AM UTC

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Typhoon Faxai hit Japan on Monday, forcing closures at factories owned by Nissan Motor Co. and Sony Corp., and disrupting morning commutes for thousands of residents.

The season’s 15th typhoon made landfall in Chiba prefecture early in the morning. Since then it has been downgraded to a Category 1 storm and was hovering near Iwaki in Fukushima prefecture, heading northeast at about 30 kilometers per hour as of 12:00 p.m. local time, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.