Typhoon Khanun pounded Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures with heavy wind and rain for a second straight day on Thursday, leaving two dead and moving so slowly its damaging impact may continue.
Khanun, which means "jackfruit" in Thai, was heading slowly northwest in the East China Sea as of early afternoon, with sustained winds of 162 kph (100 mph) and gusts of up to 234 kph (145 mph), the Japan Meteorological Agency said, adding that they no longer forecast it to directly hit China.
An elderly woman in Okinawa died when her house apparently caught fire because she was using candles since the power had failed, NHK said. The other fatality was a man in his 90s who was crushed when a garage collapsed.