The typhoon, which followed closely on the heels of Typhoon No. 6 during Japan's peak Obon holiday season, lashed wide swathes of central and western Japan with heavy rains and powerful winds.

increasing the chances of longer-lasting damaging effects. 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 ...

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.