Powerful typhoon nears Tokyo after battering western Japan
(WorldNews Asia)

A powerful typhoon headed towards Tokyo late Sunday night after battering western Japan with heavy rain and strong winds, snarling air and land traffic, causing power outages, and forcing evacuations from areas still recovering from recent typhoons. Typhoon Trami lost some strength after making landfall near Tanabe City, 450km southwest of Tokyo, earlier in the evening, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to downgrade it to a “strong” typhoon from an “extremely strong......