TOKYO, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Peipah made landfall in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Friday morning, and is expected to bring heavy rains to wide areas with risks of floods and landslides, the weather agency said.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the 15th typhoon of the season made landfall on Kochi Prefecture on the main island of Shikoku around 1 a.m. local time on Friday and then moved east along the Pacific coast, and landed again on the northern part of Wakayama Prefecture around 9 a.m. local time.

Peipah is now traveling east along Japan's Pacific coast and is expected to reach the Kinki, Tokai, Kanto-Koshin and Tohoku regions by around the evening on Friday.

During the 24 hours through Saturday morning, up to 300 millimeters of rain is expected in the Kanto-Koshin region including Tokyo, with 250 millimeters forecast for the Tokai area, and 150 millimeters in the Kinki region, the JMA said.

With heavy rains seen hitting wide areas, including the Tohoku northeastern to Kinki western regions, weather officials called for caution against landslides, flooding in low-lying areas and swollen rivers. ■