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Eyeing China, US to hold missile drill in Japan’s Okinawa: report

The US military will this year conduct its first ever missile drill around the Japanese island of Okinawa, according to a report Thursday, as...

Japan typhoon kills two

TOKYO: Torrential rains battered Japan's Okinawa islands on Wednesday as a weakened but still dangerous typhoon, leaving two dead and threatening widespread flooding as it headed for the nation's main islands.

One dead as powerful typhoon hits Japan’s Okinawa

TOKYO: One man died, more than 500,000 people were urged to evacuate and hundreds of flights were canceled in Japan as a strong typhoon brought torrential rain and high winds to its southwestern islands and could bring heavy rain to Tokyo later this week.

Typhoon churns towards Japan, prompting calls to evacuate

TOKYO: Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Japan and more than 500,000 people urged to evacuate as a powerful typhoon brought torrential rain and high winds to southwestern islands and was forecast to reach Tokyo later in the week.