Two homeless people left at the door of a shelter in full typhoon

The head of government, Shinzo Abe, has promised to take steps so that such a situation does not happen again.

The two homeless men knocked on the door of a shelter in Taito, a district in eastern Tokyo, while the powerful typhoon, accompanied by Japanese meteorologists gusts of the order of 200km / h and "unprecedented" rains, furiously crossed the immense agglomeration and its surroundings.

Asked by AFP, a spokesman for Taito reported that the officials of the place had denied them hospitality by explaining that the shelters were provided for residents of the district.

"Shelters are set up to protect the lives of those affected," said Abe, questioned in Parliament. "We have to accept everyone concerned," he added, assuring that he would take steps to avoid the repetition of similar cases.

Hagibis has caused monster floods and deadly landslides across central and eastern Japan.

Tuesday night, the NHK public television channel estimated 72 deaths, based on information collected by its journalists in the field.

According to the government, 1100 people are homeless in Tokyo, a quarter of homeless people in the country.

"But the real figure could be higher because there is a new type of homeless sleeping in cyber cafes or other public places," said a government official.