Rains pounded southern Japan on Thursday as Typhoon Khanun brushed by and took aim at South Korea, with the slow-moving storm on course to make landfall on South Korea's southern coast in the morning.
Warnings had been issued across South Korea, with over 330 flights cancelled and more than 10,000 people evacuated.
Outdoor activities were halted for scouts visiting South Korea for the World Scout Jamboree. About 37,000 scouts were evacuated from their campsite in southwestern South Korea on Tuesday. Attention was also turning to Typhoon Lan, which passed near the Ogasawara Islands, about 1,000km south of Tokyo, late on Wednesday and was heading north northwest at 15 kph .
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