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  • Search for 7 People Continues in Japan’s Noto Area; Elderly Woman, Junior High School Student among Those Missing after Record-Breaking Rains

    KANAZAWA — Self-Defense Force personnel, firefighters and others resumed search and rescue operat...

    September 24, 2024

  • News in Pictures / Heavy Rain Devastates Japan’s Earthquake-Hit Noto

    Heavy rain poured down on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, already battered by a major ...

    September 24, 2024

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  • Extensive Damage Found in Temporarily Isolated District in Noto Region of Ishikawa Pref., Japan, After Record-Breaking Rainfall

    WAJIMA, Ishikawa — The Machino district in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was isolated for th...

    September 24, 2024

  • Tsunami Observed at Japan’s Hachijojima Island; Waves Were the Result of a Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake; Tsunami Advisory Lifted (Update 2)

    A fifty-centimeter-high tsunami was observed at Yaene, on Hachijojima Island, Tokyo, at 8:58 a.m....

    September 24, 2024

    #Earthquake #Tsunami
  • Certified Travel Assistants Help Elderly, Disabled Tourists; Organizations Around Japan Establish Training Programs

    SAPPORO — Various programs to certify helpers for elderly and disabled travelers have been establ...

    September 23, 2024

  • Heavy Rain Leaves 7 Dead, 56 Communities Isolated in Noto Area; Temporary Housing Also Affected

    KANAZAWA — Seven people have died, two have been declared missing and 12 have been injured as sea...

    September 23, 2024

  • Rescuers Search for Missing in Japan’s Northern Quake-hit Noto Region After Record-breaking Rain; Temporary Housing Units Also Hit by Flooding

    KANAZAWA — Police, firefighters and Self-Defense Force personnel began taking part in an intensiv...

    September 23, 2024

  • Survey: Only 3% of English Teachers Use Digital Textbooks Exclusively; 88% Use Both Paper and Digital Forms

    Only 3% of English teachers in elementary and junior high schools use digital textbooks exclusive...

    September 23, 2024

  • 60 Passengers Briefly Stranded on Train in Kurobe Gorge; Mudslide Blocks Train Tunnel

    Yomiuri Shimbun file photoA Kurobe Gorge Railway train is seen in 2015 in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture....

    September 22, 2024

  • Sushi Chains Giving Up Conveyor Belt; Some Switching to Touch-Screen Ordering to Reduce Waste, Improve Hygiene

    More and more conveyor belt sushi restaurant chains have abandoned the practice of serving sushi ...

    September 22, 2024

  • Heavy Rain Leaves 1 Dead, at least 10 Missing in Quake-Stricken Ishikawa Pref.; Landslides Isolate Several Small Communities (Update 1)

    KANAZAWA — One person has died and at least 10 have been declared missing or unaccounted for in a...

    September 22, 2024

  • More Than 500 Transplants Skipped Because of Shortages in 2023; Nearly 200 Organs from Brain-dead Donors Declined

    A total of 509 transplants of organs from brain-dead donors were unable to be performed in 2023 d...

    September 22, 2024

  • Gold Coins Marking Osaka Expo to Be Sold for ¥268,000 Apiece

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Finance Ministry said Friday it will issue gold coins in the denominatio...

    September 21, 2024

  • Japan’s Kishida States Intention to Expand Medical Relief for ‘Hibaku Taikensha’; Central Govt Plans to Appeal Nagasaki Court Ruling

    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday expressed his intention to entitle people who were outsi...

    September 21, 2024

  • Special Heavy Rain Warning Issued for Japan’s Ishikawa Pref.; About 4,800 Housing Units Without Power (UPDATE1)

    Heavy rain hit the Hokuriku region on Saturday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issu...

    September 21, 2024

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