As seen in the images below, Typhoon Jebi has removed the “N” sign from Nintendo’s Kyoto headquarters building. The iconic Nintendo sign is the only thing that has been damaged by the typhoon, though, as it seems from the images that the rest of the building is largely left untouched by the destruction that the typhoon has caused.
Nintendo has announced that it will be closing telephone lines and halting online customer support systems in Japan due to the deadly typhoon, so Japanese Nintendo fans will, unfortunately, have to wait until the typhoon is over until they can contact customer support for technical problems again.
As was reported by the BBC, Typhoon Jebi has caused a lot of serious damage to Japanese infrastructure all over the country, and many airports are closed for the time being. According to the BBC, Typhoon Jebi has apparently also taken the lives of “at least 10 people,” so the severity of the typhoon should not be underestimated.
If one looks at the magnitude of the typhoon, although the Japanese Nintendo building was damaged, it nevertheless escaped the typhoon with minimal casualties, as the building is still standing and none of the Nintendo staff got harmed. The typhoon is still raging through the country, but hopefully it will die down soon and the country can recover from the twin typhoons that hit it over August and September.
