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At least 64 people in eight prefectures in central to western Japan were reported to have sustained injuries, and 34 houses were damaged by the storm.

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Nearly 900 flights in Japan were cancelled and 240,000 people were ordered to move to safety as a slow-moving typhoon crossed Japan's main island of Honshu not far from the ancient capital of Kyoto, cutting off power to tens of thousands of homes.

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The annual memorial to mourn the about 3.1 million Japanese who died in World War II was held at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Tuesday, the 78th anniversary of the end of the war.

Typhoon Lan cancelled hundreds of flights, damaged buildings and caused power blackouts as it made landfall in western Japan early on Tuesday 15 August. Approaching from the Pacific Ocean, the storm hit the southern tip of Wakayama prefecture, around 250 miles southwest of Tokyo, with sustained winds of 150kmh. Footage circulating online shows the Yoshii River, located in Okayama prefecture, surging with waters that came alarmingly close to flooding nearby houses. Power outages have also hit alm...

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At least 64 people in eight prefectures in central to western Japan were reported to have sustained injuries, and 34 houses were damaged by the storm.