TOKYO — A powerful typhoon lashed southern Japan on Sunday, churning up high waves that washed three American airmen out to sea and killed at least one before taking aim at Tokyo.
Elsewhere in the Pacific, a separate typhoon whipped the Mariana Islands, including Guam, with high winds and heavy rain.
By late Sunday, Typhoon Phanfone was off the coast of Shikoku in southwestern Japan, with winds of up to 90 miles per hour after hitting the regions of Okinawa and Kyushu, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said.
One of the three airmen was found dead. The other two were missing, according to the Air Force and the Japanese coast guard.
The Air Force said the search for the missing airmen had been interrupted by rough seas. Their names were being withheld pending notification of relatives. Okinawa is home to about half of the roughly 50,000 American service members stationed in Japan.
