Powerful typhoon kills 11,000 farmed tuna in Japan: Reports

High waves crash into the coast at Hyuga in Miyazaki prefecture, Japan's southern island of Kyushu on July 16, 2015 after typhoon Nangka makes landfall. - Jiji Press/AFP/File

TOKYO, July 25, 2015 (AFP) - A powerful typhoon which lashed Japan last week has killed more than 11,000 farmed bluefin tuna, costing over $10 million in damage, local media said Saturday.

Typhoon Nangka made landfall in southwestern Japan on the night of July 16 and slowly moved northward before turning into a tropical depression.