 For eight hours , the Japanese island of Iriomote @-@ jima reported gale @-@ force winds , except for during the eye passage of Soudelor . The island reported sustained winds of 108 km / h ( 67 mph ) , with gusts to 204 km / h ( 127 mph ) . On Ishigaki Island , the storm caused ¥ 77 @.@ 9 million ( 2003 JPY , $ 655 @,@ 000 2003 USD ) in agriculture damage , mostly from high waves . Soudelor dropped heavy rainfall throughout Japan , peaking at 497 mm ( 19 @.@ 6 in ) in Kagoshima Prefecture ; most of the precipitation fell in about 24 hours . A North Korean cargo ship was stranded off the northwest coast of Japan after being refused entry into the Japanese port of Toyama . During the storm , about 10 @,@ 000 houses lost power , including 3 @,@ 400 houses in Okinawa Prefecture . Damage was minor , with only 26 damaged houses , varying from blown off roof tiles to shattered windows . Soudelor injured 21 people in the country , mostly due to falling objects . There were at least 22 landslides nationwide . Four bridges along the Yoshino River were flooded during the storm . 
