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.

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 ...

Due to the approach of Typhoon Shanshan towards the southwestern region, Japan has issued an emergency warning. Evacuations of 800,000 residents have begun, while air and rail services have been ...

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 is bracing for another round of heavy rainfall as Typhoon No. 7 formed in southern waters around 3 a.m. on Aug. 13 after the season’s fifth typhoon crossed the Tohoku region ...

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 ...

The typhoon was about 70km south of Okinawa's remote Kumejima island at 2300 GMT and was moving west-northwest, according to the JMA. It was expected to cross to eastern China later in the week.

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 ...

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.

Over 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents published a joint statement on Tuesday opposing the Trump administration's treatment of higher education institutions, coming together ...