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).

In central Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture ... gusts and tornados are likely to occur on the northeastern side of a typhoon's path from 12 to 24 hours before the center of the storm ― which is ...

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 ...

TOKYO (AFP): A strong typhoon sweeping towards southern Japan on Tuesday (Aug 1) triggered the cancellation of hundreds of flights as officials urged thousands of people to seek shelter.