A surfer survives 27 hours at sea.

A group of people that is believed to be the North Korean Taekwondo Delegation arrives in China.

1,800 locals are stranded in southwestern Japan after Typhoon Lan destroys bridges and causes mudslides.

Hundreds of passengers are stranded at Tokyo Station after Typhoon Lan lashes Shizuoka Prefecture.

Spirit boats wind through Nagasaki in southwestern Japan to honor the spirits of ancestors.

A Japanese competitive trash picking event is held in London.

Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, disrupting traffic as the country's summer holiday season peaks.

Japan marks the 78th anniversary of the end of World War Two.

A local living in Lahaina recalls the wildfire disaster.

Japanese players sweep the three divisions in the video game competition at the Pokemon World Championships.