>> Earthquake off Japan triggers tsunami alert

At around 0:30 a.m local time on July 20, Typhoon Ma-on, this year's sixth typhoon, hit the southern part of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku -- the first typhoon landfall in Japan this year, with strong winds of over 90 kilometers per hour, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

As of 6:00 a.m., torrential rain and strong winds due to the typhoon have left one people missing and 50 people injured in 15 prefectures.

In Okayama Prefecture, an 84-year-old man went missing after going out to check on a boat at the Shimanto River, while a man collapsed amid strong winds and fell unconscious.

In Shizuoka Prefecture in eastern Japan, a total of 96 mountain climbers were isolated in a lodge after heavy rain blocked the road. Powerful winds overturned a truck on the Seto-Chuo Expressway, a 39km freeway spanning the Seto Inland Sea via the Seto Ohashi network of bridges. The driver suffered slight injuries to his chest, according to reports.

The typhoon also disrupted public transportation.