TOKYO -- A powerful typhoon threatening record-breaking wind and rain for Japan has put companies and transportation networks on high alert, with some moving to cut operations starting this weekend.
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Supertyphoon menaces businesses in flood-hit southwest Japan
New storm on track to reach Kyushu on Sunday or Monday
Haishen is compared to a 1959 storm that left more than 5,000 dead or missing. (Photo courtesy of University of Wisconsin/CIMSS)
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