A powerful typhoon has slammed into western Japan, leaving at least nine people dead and more than 300 others injured.
Typhoon Jebi is said to be the strongest to hit the country in over two decades.
Ro Aram reports.
The Japanese government issued evacuation advisories for more than a million people following the storm's landfall on Shikoku on Tuesday.
Typhoon Jebi has since moved across Japan's largest main island of Honshu.
It has left thousands of travelers stranded at Kansai International Airport in Osaka.
Hundreds of flights had to be cancelled after strong winds and high waves caused runways to be flooded and several planes to be submerged up to their engines.
Railway services in and around Kyoto have also been paralyzed with a roof at one station being blown off.
Bullet train services between Tokyo and Hiroshima were also suspended, but some were resumed later Tuesday when the typhoon left the region.
Universal Studios Japan, a popular amusement park near Osaka, also had to be closed.
Tens of thousands of people across western Japan are without power.
Officials have warned of possible landslides, flash flooding and violent winds, urging people in affected areas to evacuate quickly.
Japan is no stranger to strong storms and other natural disasters, but this one packs a punch.
Jebi - which means swallow in Korean - is the first typhoon to be classed as "very strong" by Japan's weather agency since 1993.
The storm is expected to weaken as it moves north and out to sea.
Ro Aram, Arirang News.
