Powerful Typhoon Poised to Strike Southern Japan
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A powerful typhoon loomed off southwestern Japan Sunday, threatening large areas of the country with fierce wind and rain.
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A strong typhoon lashed southern Japan with high winds and heavy rain on Saturday, killing a boy, injuring dozens and forcing thousands of people to evacuate homes.
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The biggest typhoon to hit Japan in more than a decade has roared over the country&#39;s main island, Honshu, with heavy rain and fierce winds leaving at least 18 people dead and 13 others missing, officials said.
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High winds and heavy rain lashed Japan's  southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Sunday, swamping  buildings and stranding holidaymakers, as the third powerful  typhoon in three weeks neared the country's coast.
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Ten people were killed and five others missing as a powerful typhoon lashed southern Japan with strong winds and heavy rains yesterday, causing deadly mudslides and prompting the evacuation of thousands of homes, officials said.
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High winds and torrential rain battered the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu on Monday as powerful typhoon Chaba hit the coast on its way north.
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Typhoon Meari, the eighth tropical cyclone to reach Japan this year, is passing through the northern Tohoku area at 60 kilometers (37 miles) an hour toward the Pacific Ocean with a maximum wind of 83 kilometers an hour.
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A strong typhoon lashed southern Japan with high winds and heavy rain on Saturday, injuring dozens and prompting calls for thousands of homes to be evacuated.
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A maximum-category typhoon was moving  slowly toward Japan on Friday, but forecasters said the  powerful storm would veer further north into the Pacific and  the impact on Tokyo would be slight.
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TYPHOON Meari lashed Japan&#39;s southern islands today with heavy rains and winds that injured one man and reportedly killed another, and prompted authorities in Taiwan to issue a warning of rough seas.
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TOKYO -- A powerful typhoon blasted across Japan yesterday, killing at least 31 people, causing deadly mudslides and flash floods and prompting thousands to flee their homes, officials said.
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Western Kyushu was bracing this morning for Typhoon No. 18, a much more powerful storm than one that killed nine people across the nation last week, Japan Meteorological Agency officials said.
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The tropical typhoon that wreaked havoc in southern Japan and South Korea, killing 13 people, hits north Japan's Honshu island.
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Typhoon Meari swept through Japan&#39;s southern main islands of Kyushu and Shikoku on Wednesday, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated as it unleashed heavy rains and strong winds.
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A strong typhoon lashed southern Japan with high winds and heavy rain on Saturday, injuring dozens, causing power outages and forcing thousands to flee their homes.
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A strong typhoon tore through Japan's southern Okinawa island chain Sunday, unleashing heavy rains and fierce winds that have killed three people, injured scores and triggered landslides.
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Typhoon Ma-on, Japan&#39;s ninth tropical cyclone this year, made landfall in Izu Peninsula and is likely to reach Tokyo this evening.