On Aug. 26 at 12:05 a.m. EDT (0405 UTC) the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured this visible light image of Typhoon Lionrock nearing Japan. (Credits: NOAA/NASA Goddard Rapid Response Team)

(Bloomberg) – Typhoon Lionrock is projected to make landfall in Japan Tuesday and is likely to strike the northern Tohoku region, the area devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

It would be the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in the region since records began in 1951, broadcaster TBS said.

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