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Tokyo condos pose major-quake evacuation challenges
Estimates of casualties and damage to property following a major earthquake in the Japanese capital ...
May 27, 2022
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6,100 fatalities forecast in event of major Tokyo quake
In the event of a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in the Tokyo area, about 6,100 people would die and 194,4...
May 27, 2022
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Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi to leave JAXA
Astronaut Soichi Noguchi announced Wednesday that he will leave the Japan Aerospace Exploration Age...
May 26, 2022
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Salvage work resumes for Kazu I
Work to lift the sunken Kazu I resumed off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido after the sightseeing...
May 26, 2022
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New effort to raise sunken tour boat to start Thursday
A salvage team plans to try again to raise a sunken tour boat in waters off Hokkaido’s Shiretoko Pen...
May 25, 2022
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Tokyo shop prepares to ring in summer with traditional wind chimes
Wind chimes hang at a workshop belonging to the Shinohara Furin Honpo shop in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, w...
May 25, 2022
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North Korea launches 3 ballistic missiles
North Korea launched three ballistic missiles from Sunan, Pyongyang, toward the Sea of Japan Wednesd...
May 25, 2022
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Shops introduce countermeasure to stem abuse of self-checkout system
Supermarkets and other retailers are suffering losses due to the malicious exploitation of self-chec...
May 25, 2022
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Japan to deploy 8 U.S. drones in Kagoshima Pref. from July
KAGOSHIMA (Jiji Press) — The Defense Ministry has conveyed to local governments its plan to tempora...
May 24, 2022
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Shiretoko tour boat sinks again in salvage mishap
The Kazu I sightseeing boat that sank off Hokkaido last month with 26 people aboard fell to a depth ...
May 24, 2022
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Abu, Yamaguchi Pref., secures 90% of mistakenly sent relief money
ABU, Yamaguchi (Jiji Press) — The western Japan town of Abu has secured some 90 pct of the ¥46.3 mil...
May 24, 2022
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Biden meets families of victims abducted by North Korea
Family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea met U.S. President Joe Biden at the Sta...
May 24, 2022
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Beekeeping experiences major buzz in urban areas
May 20 is World Bee Day, as designated by the United Nations. At a building in Tokyo’s Ginza distric...
May 24, 2022
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Did Japanese ship rescue Greek refugees 100 yrs ago?
In 1922, a Japanese ship saved many Greeks and other refugees in a Turkish port city during the war....
May 23, 2022
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Work resumes to raise Japanese sightseeing boat, 1 month after tragedy
Monday marked the one-month anniversary of an accident in which a sightseeing boat sunk off the Shir...
May 23, 2022
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