Japan is preparing for its strongest storm this year as super typhoon Vongfong threatens to wreak havoc when it makes landfall over the Okinawa Islands.
"There is no question that it is an extremely large, extremely powerful typhoon," said an official at Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
"It's the strongest storm we've had this year, definitely, although it has lost some strength from its peak."
The typhoon, which will be Japan's second in a week, was south of Okinawa, and moving north at 15 kph (9 mph) with winds of 185 kph (114 mph) on Friday afternoon, the agency said.
It was likely to be closest to Okinawa, an island chain 1,600 km (1,000 miles) southwest of Tokyo, late on Saturday or early on Sunday.
The typhoon was expected to weaken as it moved north, and likely to hit land on Sunday on the westernmost main island of Kyushu, before moving northeast towards Japan's largest main island of Honshu, where it is likely to weaken into a tropical storm.
Government officials were due to meet on Friday night to plan their response, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
"We are calling on all citizens to pay close attention to weather reports and respond promptly if the authorities advise them to evacuate," he said.
Vongfong was following the path of Phanfone, a typhoon that hit the mainland on Monday.
Japan's Kyodo news agency said nine people are now known to have been killed by Phanfone, including three US military servicemen in Okinawa who were washed out to sea. Their bodies have since been recovered.
Okinawa is home to about half of the 50,000 US troops stationed in Japan.
Two to four typhoons make landfall in Japan each year.
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