The two strongest storms in Japan’s history are Typhoon Nancy, with 925hPa at landfall in 1961, and Vera, with 929hPa in 1959. Meteorologists were ranking Haishen among the top three strongest ...

Typhoon No. 7 continued to move northward toward Japan on Aug. 14, threatening to lash the Ogasawara islands south of Tokyo from the evening. The strong forces of the typhoon are expected to ...

People in northern Japan are being urged to brace for very stormy weather conditions as Typhoon No. 5 looks set to make landfall on on Aug. 12. The typhoon is currently moving northward over the ...

TOKYO (AFP): A strong typhoon sweeping towards southern Japan on Tuesday (Aug 1) triggered the cancellation of hundreds of flights as officials urged thousands of people to seek shelter.

Japan has been hit by one of its strongest typhoons in decades. Typhoon Shanshan made landfall at 08:00 local time on Wednesday (23:00 GMT) on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's major islands.

TOKYO (AP): The typhoon that damaged homes and knocked out power on Okinawa and other Japanese islands this week was slowly moving west Thursday (Aug 3) but is forecast to make a U-turn and dump ...

Several planes have been forced to abort their landings at Fukuoka Airport in Japan, after being hit by strong winds brought by Typhoon Shanshan. The typhoon, which has weakened to a severe ...