.Tropical storm Shanshan is actually blasting Japan with downpour, ferocious winds The Washington PostJapan recommends 1 million to evacuate as lumbering Tropical cyclone Shanshan endangers south with up to a meter of rain CNNTyphoon Shanshan: Asia organizes 'major calamity' as hurricane creates landfall The GuardianDozens harmed, power reduce as Typhoon Shanshan reaches southern Japan Al Jazeera English.