More than 40,000 households were without electricity in western Mie and central Gifu prefectures early Thursday, while a blackout also hit 3,500 households in Tokyo and 6,820 in neighbouring Kanagawa, power companies said.
台风茉莉袭击日本本岛，周四清晨，西部三重县和中部岐阜县有超过4万户家庭断电；据电力公司称，在东京和邻近的神奈川县也分别有3500户和6820户家庭断电。
Japan has built extensive defences against floods and landslides, including storm surge barriers in coastal areas. But typhoons can still be deadly. Western Japan was battered in October 2004 by Typhoon Tokage, which killed 95 people.
其实日本为抵御洪水山崩已修筑加强了防护设施、甚至包括抵御风暴的海岸护栏，但这次台风的影响仍旧相当严重。2004年，日本西部曾受台风“蝎虎”侵袭，95人在那次台风中丧生。
At least 27 people were injured by strong wind or heavy rain across the nation and thousands of people evacuated to shelters, the disaster management agency reported.
受灾指挥中心报道，至少有27人在台风中因强风暴雨受伤，上千人被迫疏散到庇护所。
It brought heavy rain and strong winds that ripped roofs off houses, damaged walls and toppled trees, blocking roads and railways in central Japan.
台风带来的狂风暴雨掀起屋顶、破坏围墙、摧毁树木、并阻断了日本中部的公路铁路交通。
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