TYPHOON SHANSHAN DRENCHES JAPAN, PROMPTING LANDSLIDE AND FLOOD ALERTS

Typhoon Shanshan soaked large swathes of Japan with torrential rain on Friday, prompting warnings for flooding and landslides hundreds of miles from the storm's centre, halting travel services and shutting production at major factories.

At least four people have been killed and 99 injured in storm-related incidents in recent days, according to the disaster management agency. In the southwestern region of Kyushu, where the storm that authorities say could be one of the strongest ever to hit the region made landfall on Thursday, residents were surveying the damage after a night of heavy rain and severe winds.

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