Why does Japan get so many typhoons, large and small?

Question

I have been to Japan and at certain times of the year it seems that typhoons are constantly being reported. There is of course tornado alley in the US but Japan seems even more severe. What are the factors involved.

Answer 1

Depending on the strength and location of tropical cyclones, these "warm core" storm systems can be described, such as tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane (in Americas) and typhoon (in Asia). They form between 10 and 30 degrees of the equator and 87% form within 20 degrees of it. Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan are situated along the typhoon's path as the jet stream pushes it northward, with the earth’s rotation.

Worldwide, tropical cyclone activity peaks in late summer when water temperatures are the warmest. In the North Atlantic, the hurricane season occurs from June 1 to November 30, sharply peaking from late August through September. The Northeast Pacific has a broader period of activity, but in a similar time frame to the Atlantic. The Northwest Pacific sees typhoons year-round, with a minimum in February and a peak in early September.

Simply, earth's rotation + highest humidity level + location = typhoon (or hurricane).

Answer 2

Not ALL of them actually hit Japan! But all of them ARE reported, because of fishermen, ferries, etc. There were a LOT more than normal last year!

Typhoons are not created anywhere NEAR Japan, same as hurricanes (identical to typhoons, but in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the South Pacific Ocean east of 160E,) are not created anywhere near America! They just wander off and go their own sweet way - with a bit of help from other atmospheric phenomena!

The relevant dictionary definitions are
Hurricane; A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean, traveling north, northwest, or northeast from its point of origin, and usually involving heavy rains.

Typhoon; A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.

Tornado; A rotating column of air ranging in width from a few yards to more than a mile and whirling at destructively high speeds, usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped downward extension of a cumulonimbus cloud.

Tornadoes are not related to typhoons, but hurricanes are! Remember Katrina...?? That was just one of the hurricanes that hit America last year, and it caused more damage than ALL the typhoons last year caused to Japan!

You'll notice that the dictionary definition of 'typhoon' seems a lot less severe than the definition of 'hurricane' ... that's got more to do with the fact that it's an English language dictionary than the facts!

There's lots more info here
http://www.ucar.edu/research/storms/hurricanes.shtml
if you need it!

Answer 3

Check your latitudes, between Japan and America's hurricane and tornado regions.
Should be remarkably similar.

Answer 4

Typhoons are more like hurricanes than tornados, and we get plenty of them here too.

Answer 5

THe weather at japan is often hot and cold which blend together and mix causing rain and high wind pressure.

Answer 6

the location on the earth

Answer 7

It's all about air, water, land, sun