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.

Typhoon No. 7 has formed over the seas south of Japan and is expected to move northward near the Ogasawara island chain as it develops, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced on Aug. 8.

The typhoon has caused significant disruptions to the nation's transportation network. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) has canceled all Tokaido Shinkansen services between Mishima and ...

The typhoon path is symbolized by large colored circles joined by a red line, and the bird track is in white circles with colored outlines (same colors highlight the same day and time in both tracks).

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 ...

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.

Super Typhoon Vongfong is now the strongest Pacific ... to move across the western Pacific Ocean and track north toward Japan before making landfall later this week. "It's safe to say Vongfong ...