Japan has issued evacuation orders for nearly a million people in the path of Typhoon Shanshan, as it braces for what officials say could be one of the strongest storms to ever hit the region.
The typhoon, which followed closely on the heels of Typhoon No. 6 during Japan's peak Obon holiday season, lashed wide swathes of central and western Japan with heavy rains and powerful winds.
Strong Typhoon No. 10 continued barreling toward southern Japan on a northwest path on the morning of Aug. 26 with landfall expected the following day, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Japan’s brush with Typhoon Haishen this month serves as a warning that there could be worse to come. Two people died, four remain missing and at least 100 were injured in what first appeared to ...
A parade celebrating the formal ascension of Japan's Emperor Naruhito has been postponed in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis. The parade, which sees the emperor travel in an open-top car to "meet" the ...
Typhoon Hagibis, one of the strongest in Japan's history, left a trail of destruction in the center and the north of the country. It dumped unprecedented amounts of rain over a wide area ...
Typhoon Jelwat made landfall in Okinawa, Japan over the weekend causing plenty of damage in its wake, and these two videos below show just how powerful a weakening tropical storm can be.