Dujuan puts pedal to the metal, hurtling away from Japan and over open water as sunny skies bathe Kanto.

Dujuan puts pedal to the metal, hurtling away from Japan and over open water as sunny skies bathe Kanto. (Joint Typhoon Warning Center)

By DAVE ORNAUER 
STARS AND STRIPES

Published September 16, 2026

9:10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, Japan time: Sunny skies bathe the Kanto Plain as Typhoon Dujuan, still a Category 1-equivalent typhoon, has put the pedal to the metal, hurtling away from land and out over open water.

At 3 a.m. Tuesday, Dujuan was about 270 miles east-southeast of Yokosuka Naval Base, hurtling northeast at 30 mph.. Fleet Activities Yokosuka began Tuesday morning on two-hour delay to allow for storm cleanup. This is the final report on Dujuan.

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Dave Ornauer has been employed by or assigned to Stars and Stripes Pacific almost continuously since March 5, 1981. He covers interservice and high school sports at DODEA-Pacific schools and manages the Pacific Storm Tracker.

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