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News Japan Kyushu and Okinawa: Typhoon No. 6 nears Okinawa, expected to lash southern Honshu

Published on: Monday 01 June 2026
Typhoon No. 6 nears Okinawa, expected to lash southern Honshu
News source: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16607892

Powerful Typhoon No. 6 was expected to bring heavy rain and violent winds to Okinawa Prefecture on June 1 before veering toward the main Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku. The Japan ...

News Japan Kyushu and Okinawa: Passengers evacuated from ANA plane in Okinawa after midair engine trouble

Published on: Wednesday 23 September 2026
Passengers evacuated from ANA plane in Okinawa after midair engine trouble
News source: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260924/p2g/00m/0na/006000c

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Passengers were evacuated from an All Nippon Airways plane at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday night after it encounte

News Japan Kyushu and Okinawa: Typhoon Jangmi moves toward Japan's Kyushu after lashing Okinawa

Published on: Monday 01 June 2026
Typhoon Jangmi moves toward Japan's Kyushu after lashing Okinawa
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/weather/meteorology/typhoon-jangmi-moves-toward-japan-s-kyushu-after-lashing-okinawa/ar-AA24Cj78

Typhoon Jangmi continued its northward journey towards Japan`s southwestern island of Kyushu on Tuesday after bringing strong winds and heavy weather conditions to Okinawa, prompting transport disruptions and weather warnings across parts of the country. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the season`s sixth typhoon was moving north-northeast and was expected to affect wide areas of western Japan over the next two days....

News Japan Kyushu and Okinawa: Census Shows Population Growth in Only Fukuoka and Okinawa

Published on: Thursday 18 July 2019
Census Shows Population Growth in Only Fukuoka and Okinawa
News source: https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/news/census-shows-population-growth-in-only-fukuoka-and-okinawa/

six prefectures in Kyushu recorded decreases in their populations in 2018. Prefectures which saw an increase in population were Fukuoka and Okinawa, by 0.01% and 0.32% respectively compared to the ...

News Japan Kyushu and Okinawa: Japan weather: Flooding triggers mudslides and kills two as 39 inches of rain falls

Published on: Friday 05 July 2019
Japan weather: Flooding triggers mudslides and kills two as 39 inches of rain falls
News source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1149802/japan-weather-forecast-july-flooding-mudslides-kagoshima-kyushu

Japan Meterological Agency has issued a weather warning for heavy rain in effect for Onna-son in Okinawa-onto Chiho prefecture amid ... residents of southern Kyushu should remain vigilant of ...

News Japan Kyushu and Okinawa: Okinawa hit by heavy rain as tropical cyclone, predicted to turn into typhoon, approaches Japan

Published on: Tuesday 25 June 2019
Okinawa hit by heavy rain as tropical cyclone, predicted to turn into typhoon, approaches Japan
News source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/26/national/okinawa-hit-heavy-rain-tropical-cyclone-predicted-turn-typhoon-approaches-japan/?bcmt=1

Okinawa Prefecture was hit by heavy rain Wednesday ... strong wind and high waves in the southern Kyushu region and other areas of western Japan along the Pacific Ocean. Osaka, where Japan will host ...

News Japan Kyushu and Okinawa: Typhoon Trami Hammers Japan; Flights and Trains Canceled in Tokyo

Published on: Sunday 30 September 2018
Typhoon Trami Hammers Japan; Flights and Trains Canceled in Tokyo
News source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2018/09/30/502968.htm

according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. More than 275,000 homes and offices had power outages as of noon on Sunday in the southern Kyushu region, while about 175,000 buildings were without power ...

News Japan Kyushu and Okinawa: Typhoon Trami Track: Storm Hits Okinawa, Moves Toward Tokyo, Japan

Published on: Saturday 29 September 2018
News source: https://www.newsweek.com/typhoon-trami-track-storm-hits-okinawa-moves-toward-tokyo-japan-1145166

Trami hit Okinawa on Saturday and was expected to hit mainland Japan on Sunday and into Monday ... Almost 800 flights scheduled for Sunday were called at airports in Kyushu, Shikoku and Kinki, ...

News Japan Kyushu and Okinawa: Japan: Typhoon Trami heads to mainland after battering Okinawa

Published on: Saturday 29 September 2018
News source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/japan-typhoon-trami-heads-mainland-battering-okinawa-180930055812595.html

More than 300,000 households have suffered power outages in southern Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures ... After it hits Tokyo, Trami will head towards Japan's northeast. It will cross the islands of ...

News Japan Kyushu and Okinawa: Typhoon Kong-rey: Has storm made landfall in Japan? Okinawa POUNDED by strong winds

Published on: Thursday 04 October 2018
News source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1027056/typhoon-kong-rey-japan-okinawa-weather-tracker-storm-path-latest

Kong-Rey comes days after deadly Typhoon Trami killed four people as it barrelled through Okinawa, Kyushu and Honshu islands ... Has storm made landfall in Japan? Kong-Rey is battering Okinawa, the ...

News Japan Kyushu and Okinawa: BoJ downgraded economic assessment of Tohoku, Hokuriku and Kyushu-Okinawa

Published on: Sunday 07 April 2019
News source: https://www.actionforex.com/live-comments/188240-boj-downgraded-economic-assessment-of-tohoku-hokuriku-and-kyushu-okinawa/

In its Regional Economic Report, BoJ J still painted a much weaker economy. On the whole, assessment on three of the nine regions – Tohoku, Hokuriku and Kyushu-Okinawa – were downgraded. BoJ also ...