Most Read in 2024
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Nankai Trough Megaquake Tsunami could Hit in 2 Minutes; Japan Authorities Urge Caution after Recent Earthquake
The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued its first special advisory regarding a possible Nankai...
August 13, 2024
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Philippines Steps Up Defense of Northernmost Province with Eye on Possible Contingency Involving Taiwan
BATANES PROVINCE, Northern Philippines — The Philippine military has been recruiting reservists t...
September 11, 2024
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Tokyo Companies Prepare for Ashfall From Mt. Fuji Eruption; Disposal Of Ash, Possibly at Sea, A Major Challenge
A potential future eruption of Mt. Fuji could blanket Tokyo and the surrounding region in a layer...
September 6, 2024
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Typhoon Shanshan Forms, Slowly Moves Toward Japan; Govt Says Typhoon No. 10 Likely to Approach Japan Next Week
Typhoon Shanshan, also referred to as Typhoon No. 10, has formed and is slowly moving west-northw...
August 22, 2024
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Multiple Stabbed in Tokyo Train Attack: Woman Admits to Attacking Passengers with Intention of Killing (UPDATE 2)
A JR Akihabara Station official called police at around 10:55 p.m. on Wednesday, saying, “There is a...January 4, 2024
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North Korean Workers in China Riot over Unpaid Wages; 2,000 Occupy Factory, Kill Plant Manager
>About 2,000 North Korean workers dispatched to China’s Jilin Province started a riot in mid-January...February 17, 2024
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Captain of JCG Plane ‘Confirmed with Crew Members’ about Permission to Enter Haneda Runway
The 39-year-old captain of a Japan Coast Guard aircraft that collided with a Japan Airlines jet on a...January 7, 2024
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Prehistoric Stone Tool Cut Out of Coral Reef and Taken Away in Kyushu island; Artifact was Believed to Have Been Dropped in Sea During Prehistoric Jomon Period
KIKAI, Kagoshima — A stone tool, believed to be from Japan’s prehistoric Jomon period, which had ...
December 27, 2024
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Air Traffic Controller ‘Unaware’ JCG Plane Entered Runway; JAL Crew, Passengers Also Being Questioned by Authorities
An air traffic controller told transport ministry investigators that he was not aware a Japan Coast ...January 4, 2024
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Typhoon Ampil Approaching Japan
Typhoon Ampil was formed on Tuesday and is moving east-northeast at about 10 kilometers per hour ...
August 13, 2024
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Strong Earthquake Hits Tokyo, Neighboring Areas; No Tsunami Expected (UPDATE 1)
A magnitude-5.3 earthquake rocked the Kanto region on Friday evening. The quake measured an inten...
August 9, 2024
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A Passenger of Destroyed JAL Aircraft: JAL Says It Will Pay ¥100,000 for Consolation Money, Another ¥100,000 for Lost Baggage
Following the fatal collision between a Japan Airlines and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway ...January 4, 2024
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JAL, ANA to Cancel Total of 390 Flights on Saturday, Sunday, Affecting 63,000 Passengers
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways will cancel a total of 390 domestic flights on Saturday and Su...January 5, 2024
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Shizuoka Pref. City Offers Foreigners Free Japanese Language Classes; Aims to Raise Non-Natives to Daily Conversation Level
Hamamatsu, a city with about 30,000 foreign residents in Shizuoka Prefecture, has launched an ini...
August 25, 2024
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Haneda Airport Air Traffic Controllers Stop Informing Planes of Takeoff Order; Part of Emergency Safety Measures
Air traffic controllers at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport have ceased to inform aircraft of their takeoff or...January 9, 2024
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Wings of 2 JAL Planes Collide at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport; No Injuries Reported But Flight from Haneda to New Chitose Cancelled
The left wingtip of JAL Flight 503, with 328 passengers and crew on board, collided with the righ...
May 23, 2024
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JCG Captain Mistook ‘No. 1’ Position for Permission to Take off Prior to Haneda Accident; Voice Recorders Being Analyzed
The captain of a Japan Coast Guard aircraft that collided with a Japan Airlines plane at Tokyo’s Han...February 2, 2024
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Typhoon No. 10 Forecast to Develop; Move into Pacific Ocean South of Japan on Aug. 26
A tropical depression off the Mariana Islands is forecast to develop into Typhoon No. 10 on Thurs...
August 21, 2024
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M6.0 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Tohoku Region; Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi Prefectures Observe 4 on Japanese Scale With No Risk of Tsunami
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted the Tohoku region at 12:16 p.m. Thursday...
April 4, 2024
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Mobile Suit Gundam in New York; Bandai Promotes Popular Anime Series with 2-Meter-High Statue in 14 U.S. Locations
NEW YORK — Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. has launched a promotional event for the “Mobile Suit Gunda...
August 27, 2024
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