Plus a powerful typhoon lashes Japan and cheetahs return to India.
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Powerful Typhoon Thrashes Japan, With Millions Told to Evacuate
The storm, called Nanmadol, carried gales and heavy rain as it was expected to creep up nearly the entire length of the country.
Japan Warns ‘Violent Typhoon’ Nanmadol Could Hit on Sunday
The storm, called Nanmadol, carried gales and heavy rain as it crept up nearly the entire length of the country.
Typhoon Hinnamnor: South Korea Braces for Storm’s Arrival
The storm, expected to make landfall on Tuesday, could be the strongest in the country’s recorded history. Japan and China were also making preparations.
In a Japanese Nursing Home, Some Workers Are Babies
They get paid in formula and diapers, and their work hours are flexible, in a program that connects people across generations and brightens lives.
Typhoon Hinnamnor Churns Slowly Northward Toward South Korea
The storm, the Northern Hemisphere’s strongest tropical cyclone of the year when it formed, was expected to make landfall on Tuesday in a weaker state.
Drink More Alcohol, Japan Tells Young People
The country’s tax agency, hoping to reverse the alcohol industry’s pandemic doldrums, is holding a contest to encourage more drinking among the young.
Your Monday Briefing: U.S. Lawmakers Visit Taiwan
Plus Salman Rushdie’s recovery and reflections on a year of Taliban rule.
Japanese Photographer Blows Whistle on Treatment of ‘Comfort Women’
While Tsukasa Yajima has won praise for exposing problems at South Korea’s best-known shelter for former sex slaves, he has also been the focus of intense backlash.
Salman Rushdie Attack Recalls Murder of His Japanese Translator
Hitoshi Igarashi, who translated “The Satanic Verses,” was fatally stabbed at a university near Tokyo where he taught Islamic culture. The crime remains unsolved.