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 was traveling south of Japan on Aug. 27, moving northwestward, at a speed equivalent to that of a bicycle. As of 9 p.m., the storm was traveling approximately 80 kilometers east ...

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 ...

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 ...

The typhoon already injured 41 people and knocked out power for nearly a third of homes on Okinawa. Now it’s expected to return.

TOKYO: Severe tropical storm Ampil is expected to intensify into a typhoon as it nears eastern Japan on Friday (Aug 16), forcing cancellations of public transit services during the country’s ...

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 ...

The case, dubbed the “Kansai Airport incident,” involved Yang Hui-ju (楊蕙如), who was indicted over comments online that accused the office of failing to offer timely help to Taiwanese in Japan during ...

In contrast, Japan’s complex and mountainous terrain, its deep coastal waters, and its earthquakes and typhoon winds will need to draw on expert local knowledge to make the most of its wind ...