Millions of mobile phones across Japan flashed with emergency alerts for a catastrophic magnitude 9.9 earthquake due to an automated software miscalculation.

Typhoon Dujuan has slammed Japan's eastern coast with winds reaching up to 194 km/h, prompting evacuation orders for more than 1.6 million residents.

Typhoon Dujuan has triggered widespread disruption across eastern Japan, grounding 275 flights and prompting evacuation warnings for over 1.6 million residents.

Record-breaking torrential downpours in Chiba prefecture caused catastrophic flooding and landslides, killing four people and stranding thousands at Narita Airport.

Typhoon Dolphin has battered Japan's Okinawa prefecture, injuring five people, before tracking toward China where authorities have shut major ports and suspended flights.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu, prompting a tsunami advisory, transit suspensions and power outages.