The Kii Mountains are known for their precipitous slopes. But in the village of Totsukawa in Nara Prefecture, at the center of the range, the valley was much deeper in the past.
Typhoon Lan traveled northward over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday after bringing torrential rains mostly to western parts of Japan, leaving 49 injured and disrupting train services in the midst of the summer holiday season. Direct bullet train services connecting the capital and Hakata in southwestern Japan were suspended…
Slow-moving Typhoon Lan makes landfall on the Kii Peninsula in western Japan, the weather agency said, disrupting air and train services and causing havoc for travelers returning from their summer holidays.