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Strong typhoon approaching Japan

KOCHI, Japan - High waves pound a beach on Cape Muroto in Kochi Prefecture on Oct. 15, 2013, as Typhoon Wipha approaches Japan. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the typhoon, the strongest to hit eastern Japan around Tokyo in ten years, could make landfall in the Kanto area including Tokyo on the morning of Oct. 16.

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Strong typhoon approaching Japan

KOCHI, Japan - High waves pound a beach on Cape Muroto in Kochi Prefecture on Oct. 15, 2013, as Typhoon Wipha approaches Japan. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the typhoon, the strongest to hit eastern Japan around Tokyo in ten years, could make landfall in the Kanto area including Tokyo on the morning of Oct. 16.

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Kan on pilgrimage

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan poses for a photo in Muroto, Kochi Prefecture, in July 2004 during a pilgrimage of 88 Buddhist temples in the Shikoku area, western Japan. Kan, who was named prime minister on June 4, 2010, had a shaved head and made the pilgrimage after he stepped down as Democratic Party of Japan leader for failing to pay pension premiums.

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(3)Year's worst typhoon batters Japanese archipelago

KOCHI, Japan - A concrete embankment along the shore in Muroto, Kochi Prefecture, is seen destroyed by high waves caused by Typhoon Tokage on Oct. 21.

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Japan's Pacific coast hit by tsunami

Video taken Jan. 16, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows capsized and partially submerged boats at the port of Muroto in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, after the country's Pacific coast was hit by a tsunami.

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Japan's Pacific coast hit by tsunami

Photo taken Jan. 16, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a capsized boat (top R) at the port of Muroto in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, after the country's Pacific coast was hit by a tsunami.

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Japan's Pacific coast hit by tsunami

Photo taken Jan. 16, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows capsized and partially submerged boats at the port of Muroto in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, after the country's Pacific coast was hit by a tsunami.

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Japan's Pacific coast hit by tsunami

Photo taken Jan. 16, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows capsized and partially submerged boats at the port of Muroto in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, after the country's Pacific coast was hit by a tsunami.

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Japan's Pacific coast hit by tsunami

Photo taken Jan. 16, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows capsized and partially submerged boats at the port of Muroto in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, after the country's Pacific coast was hit by a tsunami.

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(3)Year's worst typhoon batters Japanese archipelago

KOCHI, Japan - A concrete embankment along the shore in Muroto, Kochi Prefecture, is seen destroyed by high waves caused by Typhoon Tokage on Oct. 21. (Kyodo)

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GPS-equipped tsunami monitoring instrument Muroto, Japan

A tsunami monitoring instrument equipped with a GPS will be installed off the coast of Cape Muroto, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. The photo was taken March 29, 2004.(Kyodo)

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Typhoon heading to Japan

Photo taken July 16, 2015, shows a coastal area in the western Japan city of Muroto as Typhoon Nangka, the season's 11th, approaches the southern Japan main island of Shikoku. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kan on pilgrimage

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan poses for a photo in Muroto, Kochi Prefecture, in July 2004 during a pilgrimage of 88 Buddhist temples in the Shikoku area, western Japan. Kan, who was named prime minister on June 4, 2010, had a shaved head and made the pilgrimage after he stepped down as Democratic Party of Japan leader for failing to pay pension premiums. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon Krosa

High waves pound a fishing port in Muroto in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2019, as powerful Typhoon Krosa approaches the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Typhoon Krosa

High waves pound a fishing port in Muroto in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2019, as powerful Typhoon Krosa approaches the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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