Japanese Tornado has injured 63, one seriously.

Tornadoes are very rare in Japan. There was one in May of 2013 and in September and November of 2006, but previous to that it goes back to 1999. Besides these tornadoes there have been eleven in Japan since 1838. Tornadoes in that area of the world are fairly rare in general, but, when they occur there are usually fatalities.

September 4, 2013

Yusuke Tomiyama and Hiroyuki Oyama, Yomiuri Shimbun, Staff Writers

Tornadoes are relatively uncommon in Japan, (click here) but they have hit the nation with increasing frequency amid global warming.

A tornado ripped through Saitama and Chiba prefectures on Monday, blowing roofs off of buildings and injuring dozens of people. The tornado was spawned by huge cumulonimbus clouds that rapidly developed in the Kanto region on Monday afternoon.

It went on a 10-kilometer rampage, affecting an area from Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, and moving northeast to Noda, Chiba Prefecture. According to reports by local governments including those of the two prefectures, more than 600 buildings were damaged, and 64 people had been reported injured as of Tuesday morning.

In Saitama Prefecture, 63 people were injured, seven seriously, while one person was injured slightly in Noda.

In Koshigaya and Matsubushi in Saitama Prefecture, 458 houses and other buildings were damaged, with eight completely destroyed. In Noda, 153 buildings were damaged....

Japan is to be noted northwest of the tropical storm. The storm itself never reached Japan. It was the heat transfer system attached to the storm, NASA calls an outflow that caused the tornadoes.

The outflow from Tropical Storm Toraji spawned tornadoes that caused injuries and property damage in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, just northeast of Tokyo, on September 2, 2013. This image was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument around 0425Z on September 2, 2013.

The Weather Channel has a video

Tornadoes Tear Across Northern Japan; Dozens Injured (click here)