According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Shanshan had maximum ... A potentially more significant hazard facing Japan is flooding from heavy rainfall. While building codes mandate resilience ...

The strong forces of the typhoon are expected to affect eastern and northern Japan on Aug. 16 and 17. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a severe warning for eastern Japan against ...

Japan's growth ... was tempered by Typhoon Shanshan and the "megaquake" alert, issued -- and later lifted -- by the weather agency in August for the first time under a new warning system.

Typhoon No. 7 is forecast to bring heavy ... on Aug. 16 and 17. The Japan Meteorological Agency is warning residents in the Kanto region, which includes the Tokyo area, to take precautions against ...

President Donald Trump on Friday fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, and announced he would replace five other high level positions in an unprecedented ...

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 ...

TOKYO (AFP): An approaching typhoon battered communities along Japan's Pacific coast Monday (Aug 14) with heavy rain and crashing waves, prompting authorities to warn about landslides and flooding.

A large and very strong typhoon is engulfing Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa. Officials are warning of very strong winds, storm surges and high waves. Japan's Meteorological Agency says ...