More tornadoes in Tochigi prefecture

As tropical storm Toraji is hitting western Japan, today more tornadoes occurred in Tochigi prefecture: Kanuma, Shioya, and Yaita town were affected.

Images. Fuji News Network has a video. No casualties have been reported so far, but 600 houses have no power.

The Japanese word for tornado is 竜巻 (tatsumaki). While there is no English page on the JMA concerning tornadoes, there are records of them across country since 1961. Anything higher than what is now classified as F1 is still rare. Here are some figures from Ibaraki prefecture. Looks like JMA will have no trouble acquiring funding for the new radar development.