Tropical cyclone Shanshan, downgraded from a typhoon, has killed seven people and caused widespread damage as it churns off the Pacific coast of central Japan.
The Japan Meteorological Agency continued to warn of landslides, floods and rising water levels in rivers in western and eastern Japan on Sunday, citing increased risks due to ground loosening from record-breaking rainfall since the storm hit the southern coast on Thursday.
On the Pacific side of eastern Japan, unstable atmospheric conditions caused by rain clouds around the tropical cyclone and the inflow of warm, moist air from a Pacific high-pressure system was causing heavy rain and thunderstorms, the agency said.
The clean-up has begun after a severe weather system lashed parts of Japan. (AP PHOTO)
Some Shinkansen "bullet train" services remained disrupted, but Tokyo-Osaka service, suspended in some sections, will resume on Sunday evening, Central Japan Railway said.
The seventh death from Shanshan was reported in Fukuoka in southwestern Japan on Sunday, Kyodo news agency said.
Before that, the typhoon had crept eastward, drenching large areas with torrential rain, triggering landslide and flood warnings hundreds of kilometres from the storm's centre.