TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of people in northern Japan were ordered to evacuate Friday because of the risk of flooding and mudslides from a powerful typhoon approaching in the Pacific Ocean.

After Typhoon Ampil caused power blackouts in ... All the high-speed "Shinkansen" bullet train services between Tokyo and Japan's industrial heartland of Nagoya are also cancelled.

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 ... released a report showing that the number of typhoons hitting Tokyo has risen 1.5 times over the last four decades.

TOKYO (AFP): One person was reportedly killed and hundreds of thousands were without electricity in southern Japan on Wednesday (Aug 2) as a typhoon appproached packing powerful winds and lashing ...

When Typhoon Faxai hit the Tokyo region from Sunday night through Monday morning, it became the strongest storm to make landfall in east Japan in the last 30 years.

Several planes have been forced to abort their landings at Fukuoka Airport in Japan, after being hit by strong winds brought by Typhoon Shanshan ... is expected to reach Tokyo this weekend.

TOKYO, Japan -- A powerful typhoon has made landfall near Chiba city, east of the Japanese capital Tokyo, on Friday morning, according to Japan's Meteorological Agency. Typhoon Mawar, named for a ...

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: Typhoon Bebinca is expected to approach Japan's southern island of Okinawa and the southwestern island region of Amami over the weekend, with the weather agency on Thursday (Sept 12 ...