Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1630, Aug. 2

TOKYO -- An elderly man has been killed in Japan as powerful Typhoon Khanun hits the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday, according to the country's weather agency, warning of expanded damage.

The 90-year-old man died in a hospital on Wednesday after he became trapped under his collapsed garage the previous night at his residence, located in the prefecture, with police suspecting that the collapse