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Japan braces for 'super typhoon'  

 

Tuesday 08 July 2014 17:02 BST
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Trees have collapsed by strong wind on a street at Naha in Japan's southern island of Okinawa
Trees have collapsed by strong wind on a street at Naha in Japan's southern island of Okinawa

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A powerful typhoon is pummelling the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa, paralysing transport and prompting US forces based there to cancel all outdoor activity.

The Okinawa government has reported that four people were injured, one an 83-year-old woman who suffered a head injury. A man was reported missing from a fishing boat in rough seas off Kyushu, to the north.

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