1 / 5   This summer, Japan has been through a series of unexpected events as the country battled extreme weather events such as earthquakes, record-breaking rain and a heatwave. /VCG Photo

2 / 5   In western Japan, powerful Typhoon Jebi hit, causing a pileup of cars and containers. /VCG Photo

3 / 5   The Japan Meteorological Agency said 2018 was the hottest summer in eastern Japan since 1946. The prolonged heatwave took the lives of many elderly as well as a six-year-old boy who died after a school excursion. /VCG Photo

4 / 5   Residents were captured on the roof of a submerged house awaiting rescue in Kurashiki, southern Japan on July 7, 2018. /VCG Photo

5 / 5   On September 4, over a million of people were evacuated and hundreds of flights cancelled as the strongest typhoon in the last 25 years, Jebo, hit the west of the Japan. It followed torrential rain, landslides, and record-breaking heat which killed hundreds of people. /VCG Photo