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Prime Minister Takaichi: 30 Injuries, One Residential Fire Confirmed
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told reporters Tuesday morning that 30 injuries and one residential...
December 9, 2025
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SDF Personnel Continue to Work After Retirement Age Under Reemployment System; Young Members Freed for Front-Line Units
The Self-Defense Forces are focusing on reemploying retired personnel to deal with ongoing labor ...
December 9, 2025
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Defense Minister Koizumi Directs to Spare no Effort in Rescuing Lives
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said early Tuesday morning, following a strong earthquake off A...
December 9, 2025
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Japan Govt Sets Up Response Office Following M 7.6 Earthquake
The Yomiuri ShimbunPrime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at Prime Minister’s Office on M...
December 9, 2025
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Tohoku Shinkansen Train Service Suspended due to Strong Earthquake that Hit Northern Japan
JR East announced Monday night that it suspended train services of Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train...
December 9, 2025
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M7.5 Earthquake Hits Northern Japan; Tsunami Waves Observed in Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate Prefectures
M7.6 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Aomori Pref., Measuring Upper 6 Intensity, Tsunami to Be Expected i...
December 8, 2025
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Pocky, Other Glico Chocolate Products to be Recalled Due to Smell
Confectionary manufacturer Ezaki Glico Co. will voluntarily recall about 6 million units of 20 ch...
December 8, 2025
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Honolulu Ceremony Marks 84 Years Since Pearl Harbor Attack; Attendees Include Atomic Bomb Survivors from Nagasaki Pref., Japan
HONOLULU — Victims of the Japanese Imperial Navy’s attack on Pearl Harbor on Hawaii’s Oahu Island...
December 8, 2025
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Ring-Tailed Lemurs Warm Themselves Up at Japan Monkey Centre in Aichi Pref.
Ring-tailed lemurs warm themselves next to an electric heater at the Japan Monkey Centre in Inuya...
December 8, 2025
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Evacuation Ship Passenger Lists Show Names, Details on 8,835 Displaced Northern Territories Residents
An organization of former residents of the northern territories, which were illegally occupied by...
December 8, 2025
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55% Evacuated By Car After July Tsunami Warnings Despite Government’s Instructions to Flee on Foot
More than half of the people who evacuated to safe places on July 30, when tsunami warnings were ...
December 7, 2025
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Devastation of Massive Fire in Japan’s Oita City Seen in Drone Photo, 187 Structures Declared Burned Down
OITA — A vast expanse of scorched land in a densely populated residential area of the Saganoseki ...
December 7, 2025
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PM Takaichi Visits Disaster-Hit Areas in Noto for 1st Time
WAJIMA, Ishikawa (Jiji Press) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday visited the Noto...
December 7, 2025
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Polar Bear ‘Peace’ Turns 26, Celebrated by Fans from Across Country
MATSUYAMA - Japan's oldest bottle-fed polar bear is turning 26 this month, and fans from all over...
December 7, 2025
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Scandal-Hit Mayoral Election Kicks off in Ito, Shizuoka Pref., with Ousted Former Mayor Also Running
ITO, Shizuoka — Mayoral election campaigning kicked off on Sunday in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, wh...
December 7, 2025
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