As the typhoon churned the East China Sea and pounded Okinawa with flooding rains, the larger Japanese islands braced for landfall.
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The potent category 3 typhoon headed for southern Japan in the early afternoon of July 8.
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On July 15, 2011, the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this view of Typhoon Ma-on.
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Acquired July 18, 2011, this natural-color image shows Typhoon Ma-on approaching southern Japan.
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The MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of Typhoon Kompasu approaching the Korean peninsula and China on September 1, 2010.
Two typhoons spun over the western North Pacific near Japan.
Typhoon Halong churned south of Japan when the Aqua satellite acquired this image on August 6, 2014.
The storm was headed for Okinawa and the main island of Japan in late September 2012.
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