Typhoon Hagibis
Users rush to post and gush over photos of the waterlogged caverns beneath Japan’s Metropolitan Area.
”We’re only taking the most important things with us,” dad says before Typhoon Hagibis, and son knows exactly what that is.
Unexpected post-typhoon scene in Japan is so beautiful it looks like something from a movie.
Residents trapped by rising floodwaters use special disaster hashtags to get the attention of the Self-Defence Forces.
In Akihabara, giant screens blared happy tunes to deserted streets as a life-threatening typhoon approached Japan.
Follow these tips to minimize damage to your home, stay safe, and prepare for a massive cyclone.
There’s a fine line between kindly simplifying the Japanese language and offensively dumbing it down for foreign readers.
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