21.   A powerful typhoon slammed into mainland Japan Wednesday, with two people, including a US marine, still missing from the southern island of Okinawa, officials said.

22.   A powerful typhoon slammed into the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Sunday, paralysing airline and shipping services, officials said.

23.   A powerful typhoon hit northern Japan on Thursday after leaving four dead and another two missing in the southern part of the country, police and news reports said.

24.   The temperature was due to hot winds from the Pacific as a powerful typhoon crossed northern Japan, the officials said.

25.   The officials also showed concern that heavy rain in western Japan in the wake of a powerful typhoon may further dampen turnout in the elections.