The season's 26th typhoon was slowly heading toward southern Japan on Monday afternoon and is expected to bring heavy rain to Honshu on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

As of 6 p.m. Monday, Typhoon Wipha was moving north-northwest at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour and is expected to pass Minamidaito Island in Okinawa Prefecture.

The agency said its wind speed was 234 kilometers per hour and had an atmospheric pressure at its center of 930 hectopascals, NHK reported.

The typhoon is expected to veer east late Tuesday, bringing up to 400 mm of rain over the Tokai and Kanto regions by Wednesday, the agency said

The agency has issued an alert for strong winds and high waves for Japan's pacific coast for Tuesday and Wednesday.

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