Japan on alert as 2 powerful typhoons approach

Japan's weather agency warned Wednesday of two powerful typhoons approaching, as one of them began to affect islands off the country's southwestern Kyushu region, while the other is expected to make landfall in a few days.A freighter with 43 foreign crew aboard sent a distress call while traveling about 185 kilometers west of Amami-Oshima Island off southern Kyushu, prompting the Japan Coast Guard to send patrol boats to search for the vessel.Typhoon Maysak came close to northern Kyushu on Wednesday afternoon, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, warning of heavy rain that could cause muds…READ FULL ARTICLE