DHAKA: Two men were killed and one remains missing after powerful typhoon ‘Vongfong’ pounded Japan this week, officials said Tuesday, the latest storm to hit the disaster-prone archipelago.

The typhoon churned through eastern Japan early Tuesday after hitting Okinawa over the weekend and making landfall on the nation's southern main island of Kyushu on Monday, the meteorological agency said.

At least 96 people were injured in typhoon-related accidents across the nation, while local authorities issued evacuation advisories to more than 800,000 residents, NHK said.

The body of a 90-year-old man was found in a farm ditch in Tottori, western Japan, a spokesman with the Tottori Police Department said, reports The Straits Times.

BDST: 1203 HRS, OCT 14, 2014