Japan braces for Super Typhoon Vongfong

A super typhoon on course to hit Japan in the next few days is as powerful as the deadly storm that ripped through the Philippines in 2013 killing thousands of people, meteorologists say

Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Monday
Tuesday
Sunday

Okinawa: Home to major U.S. bases with around 26,000 troops Nuclear plant

East China Sea Sea of Japan  (East Sea)

PACIFIC OCEAN
RUSSIA
CHINA
CHINA
TAIWAN
PHILIPPINES
SOUTH
KOREA
NORTH
KOREA
JAPAN
Tokyo
Fukushima
Daiichi
SHIKOKU
KYUSHU

500km
300 miles

Sources: Joint Typhoon Warning Center, wire agencies