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Japan's Airlines Cancel Over 120 Flights in Southwest in Light of Typhoon Chaba

© AP Photo / Michael DwyerA Japan Airlines Boeing 787 taxis to the runway at Logan International Airport in Boston
A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 taxis to the runway at Logan International Airport in Boston - Sputnik International
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Japan's airlines have cancelled 122 flights in the country's southwest in light of the approaching Typhoon Chaba.

This image captured by NASA's Aqua satellite shows Typhoon Hagupit on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 at 04:30 UTC in the western Pacific Ocean. - Sputnik International
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TOKYO (Sputnik) — According to the NHK broadcaster, all cancellations relate to inbound and outbound flights in the cities on the Kyushu island.

On Monday, reports suggested that over 590,000 people in the country's Okinawa Prefecture were preparing for evacuation because of the typhoon.

Parts of Japan's west and east are expected to experience heavy rains on Wednesday.

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