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Tropical Storm Mawar Prompts Widespread Evacuation Orders in Japan » More than 1.2 million people were told to leave as the storm brought heavy rain to the country. Nytimes.com

A Town’s Covid Money Was Sent to One Man in Error. He Gambled It All Away. (Published 2022) » An official in the rural Japanese town wired the 24-year-old man nearly $360,000 by mistake. He lost it in online casinos. Now, the town is suing and he has been arrested. Nytimes.com

Typhoon Khanun Barrels Over Japan and Heads to South Korea » The storm, which battered Okinawa last week, engulfed the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on its way toward the Korean Peninsula. Nytimes.com

What It’s Like to Be Trapped by a Category 5 Hurricane (Published 2016) » Lizette Alvarez, a Times reporter, recalled her night in Florida City, Fla., in 1992 when Hurricane Andrew destroyed most of the motel she was staying in. Nytimes.com

Toyota Halts Shipments of 10 Models Over Mishandling of Engine Tests » A unit of the company used software that made horsepower “values appear smoother.” It’s the second production problem to hit the company in two months. Nytimes.com

At Davelle, a Son of Hokkaido Puts Luxury in Reach (Published 2018) » At his tiny Lower East Side spot, a coffee shop by day and izakaya by night, Yudai Kanayama presents uni and other dishes as an everyday pleasure. Nytimes.com

C.I.A. Director Says Kremlin ‘Appeared to Be Adrift’ During Aborted Mutiny » William J. Burns, in the most detailed account yet from a U.S. official, said the rebellion last month by Yevgeny V. Prigozhin and his Wagner private military company had revived deeper questions about the judgment of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Nytimes.com

A Guide to the Otherworldly Island of Yakushima (Published 2018) » Where to stay, eat, and explore on the remote subtropical island off Japan's southern coast. Nytimes.com

At Suki, Patience Seasons the Curry (Published 2018) » Kelly Cho, the chef, won’t open her six-seat East Village restaurant until she’s convinced that the dish’s flavor is right. Nytimes.com

Ukraine’s Military Claims to Have Killed the Head of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet » Ukraine’s special forces said new information revealed that an attack last week in Crimea killed the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, a claim that could not be verified. Nytimes.com