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A powerful typhoon struck Kyushu, Japan’s south-western-most main island, early on Thursday morning, bringing heavy rains and intense winds. Japanese television station NHK reported that at least 54 people were injured. The country’s National Weather Agency has issued warnings as Typhoon Shanshan, the season’s tenth, continues to move northward, affecting around 250,000 households with power outages. In the city of Nagasaki, almost 400,000 people were evacuated. Train services were interrupted and numerous flights cancelled. According to media reports, carmaker Toyota was halting operations at…

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