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Kyoko HASEGAWA

Three Missing As 'Extremely Strong' Typhoon Nears Japan

Two people were rescued from this landslide-hit house in Gamagori, Aichi prefecture in Japan, but three others are missing (Credit: AFP)

Japan warned Wednesday that an "extremely strong" typhoon bearing down on the main southern island of Kyushu would bring unusually violent storms, as three people remained missing after a landslide.

Shanshan was 120 kilometres (75 miles) off Yakushima island, packing gusts of up to 252 kilometres (157 miles) per hour and inching towards Kyushu, home to 12.5 million people.

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