TOKYO: Powerful Typhoon Vongfong was churning towards Japan’s main islands on Sunday after strong winds and heavy rain left 23 injured in the south.

The monster storm hit the southern Okinawan islands over the weekend and is now moving towards the main Kyushu and Honshu islands, where it is due to make landfall as early as Monday morning, the national weather agency said.

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