A super typhoon threatens to disrupt the Japanese Grand Prix and a series of key Rugby World Cup games in Japan this weekend.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) projects Typhoon Hagibis could be "the strongest to hit Japan this year", with high winds and heavy rain set to reach southern Japan on Saturday.
The Japanese Grand Prix is scheduled to take place at the Suzuka circuit, south-west of Osaka, meaning both qualifying and the race itself could be impacted. In the 2014 race at the same circuit, Jules Bianchi crashed in heavy rain from Typhoon Panphone and died from his injuries the following year.