TOKYO: Typhoon Nari crossed the Hokkaido coast on Tuesday (July 15), the first landfall by a typhoon on Japan's northern main island since 2016, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Xinhua reported.
The fifth typhoon of the year made landfall near Cape Erimo at the southern tip of Hokkaido at around 2am local time, also marking the first to make landfall in Hokkaido during July since records began in 1951, the weather agency said.
