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Large and powerful Typhoon No. 25 was moving north toward the Izu Islands and Kanto on September 21, with destructive winds and torrential rain forecast as the storm makes its closest approach through the evening and night, while at 5 a.m. it was located about 220 kilometers southwest of Hachijojima and moving north at 20 kilometers per hour, with the center expected to approach very close to the Izu Islands after midday before turning northeast over waters east of Kanto.
Large and strong Typhoon No. 25 is expected to make its closest approach to Kanto from the afternoon through the night of September 21, with rail operators canceling services, airlines warning of widespread disruption at Tokyo airports and expressway closures already in effect across parts of Chiba Prefecture.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako watched Japan defeat Kazakhstan in a women’s basketball preliminary-round game at the 20th Asian Games in Nagoya.
A drone filming the illuminated Nagoya City Hall headquarters crashed into a building across the road shortly before 9 p.m. on September 17, with police investigating whether the flight may have violated Japan's Civil Aeronautics Act.
Volcanic smoke continues to rise from Mount Tokachi (Tokachidake), an active volcano in Daisetsuzan National Park in Hokkaido, one week after its eruption alert level was raised to Level 3, restricting entry to the mountain and prompting a series of cancellations at nearby hot spring inns just before the peak autumn foliage season.
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