Typhoon Dujuan Cancels Tokyo Game Show's Final Day, Sept. 21

Tokyo Game Show 2026 will not get its fifth day. On September 19 the show's organizer, the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA), posted an emergency notice headed "[Important Notice] Regarding the Events on September 20 (Sun) and 21 (Mon, Holiday) Due to the Approach of Typhoon No. 25," calling off the closing Monday, September 21, in full. In the statement, as translated by Anime News Network, the organizer said: "Due to the approaching typhoon, strong winds and heavy rain are expected from the afternoon of September 21. There is also a possibility that public transportation services may be affected, making it difficult for visitors and other attendees to return home safely."

The storm is Typhoon Dujuan, designated Typhoon No. 25 in Japan's numbering. In a September 18 bulletin based on Japan Meteorological Agency data, Weathernews said Dujuan was projected to turn gradually north to northeast and pass offshore southeast of the Boso Peninsula on the morning of September 21, with maximum sustained winds near the centre of 60 knots (roughly 111 km/h) and gusts to 85 knots (roughly 157 km/h). It warned of heavy rainfall, gale-to-storm-force winds and high waves along the Pacific side of eastern Japan — the coastline on which Makuhari Messe, the Chiba convention centre that hosts the show, sits. The Japan Times reported on September 18 that the system was expected to approach the Izu Islands and then eastern Japan around September 20-21, in the middle of the Silver Week holiday stretch.

That timing is what makes the cut expensive. TGS is marking its 30th year, and 2026 was built as the first five-day edition in its history: business days on September 17-18, public days on September 19-21, sold under the theme "The Longest Five Days of Nonstop Play." Dropping Monday leaves four days and two public days. Organizer counts cited by Anime News Network put attendance at 53,630 on Thursday and 52,545 on Friday; the whole four-day 2025 edition drew 263,101. September 21 is a Japanese national holiday, and the official schedule had it running 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. as the show's send-off.

Anyone holding a Monday ticket will be refunded through the vendor they bought it from, and stage programming booked for that day will be livestreamed instead, the organizer said. Kotaku reported that Sony's PlayStation booth scrapped the hands-on demos and streaming segments it had lined up for September 21, and that it is not clear how exhibitors who paid for five days of floor space will be compensated. Saturday's and Sunday's public days went ahead as scheduled. CESA has not published a final attendance figure for the shortened run, and the storm's track could still shift before Monday morning.