North Korea’s recent hypersonic test signals an evasive theater nuclear strike capability aimed directly at Japan—a proxy warning backed by Russia and China as Japan rethinks its nuclear taboos.

This month, multiple media outlets reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test launch of an upgraded hypersonic missile system from the country’s eastern Wonsan area, a move aimed at piercing regional missile shields while rebuffing diplomatic overtures from the US and South Korea.

A large and powerful typhoon is moving north over the Pacific, bringing Japan's Izu Islands and parts of the Kanto region within its storm zone.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a Level Five Emergency Warning for landslides for Oshima Town in the Izu Islands, Tokyo Prefecture.

A Level Five Emergency Warning is the highest level of alert on the agency's scale.

Oshima Town has received 832 millimeters of rain in the 48 hours through 8 p.m. on Monday. That's more than twice its average rainfall for September.