A typhoon has caused deadly mudslides that buried people and destroyed homes on a Japanese island before sweeping up the Pacific coast.

The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippine island of Bohol has topped 100 with only three people pulled alive from rubble.

An explosion struck one of the most prestigious hotels in Myanmar's main city just before midnight on Monday, ripping apart a guest room and wounding one American the latest in a series of unexplained blasts to hit the Southeast Asian country.