Typhoon heads to northeast Japan after lashing south

TOKYO - A powerful typhoon is heading northeast to Japan's main island of Honshu on Sunday after lashing parts of the country's southern islands with heavy rains and winds that caused flooding and some minor injuries.

Typhoon Tapah was passing near Nagasaki in southern Japan on Sunday afternoon, after hitting other parts of southern Japan, including Okinawa, the two previous days.

Okinawa prefectural government had issued an evacuation advisory to nearly 334,000 people.