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Typhoon Krosa Moves Slowly, Expected to Reach near Hachijojima Island, Japan, on Friday (Update 2)
Typhoon Krosa, also known as Typhoon No. 9, was slowly moving north-northwest on the Pacific Ocea...
July 31, 2025
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City in Aichi Prefecture Adds Figurines Made by 3D Printer to List of Gifts for Furusato Nozei Hometown Donation Program
If you’d like a realistic 3D-printed figurine of yourself, try looking into Aichi Prefecture’s To...
July 31, 2025
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JMA Downgraded All Tsunami Warnings to Advisories
The Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded all the remaining tsunami warnings to tsunami advisori...
July 30, 2025
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Beware of Heatstroke in Pets; Different Physiology Makes Animals More Susceptible to High Temperatures
With the recent heatwave, concern about heatstroke in pets has been on the rise. The number of he...
July 30, 2025
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Japan Govt Downgrades Tsunami Warning to Advisory From Ibaraki to Wakayama Prefecture
The Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded the tsunami warning issued for areas facing the Pacifi...
July 30, 2025
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Driver Dies in Japan’s Mie Prefecture While Escaping Tsunami; Victim was Moving Car to Higher Location
KUMANO, Mie — A 58-year-old woman died after a small car she was driving fell down a cliff in Kum...
July 30, 2025
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Tsunami Warnings Issued After M8.7 Earthquake off Kamchatka; 1.3-Meter Tsunami Observed at Iwate Prefecture Port
A powerful earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.7 struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula in Ru...
July 30, 2025
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Some Facts about the Strongest Earthquakes Ever Recorded
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, causing ...
July 30, 2025
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YOL Posts Expo News in ‘Easy’ Japanese, Aiming to Help Foreign Residents, Visitors with Basic Grasp of Language
The Yomiuri Online releases “easy Japanese” news about the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo on its website ...
July 30, 2025
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Survey: Only One Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivor Who Was Within 500 Meters of Hypocenter Remains Alive
Among the close-range hibakusha atomic bomb survivors who were within 500 meters of the hypocente...
July 30, 2025
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Japan City Apologizes After Herons Found Dead after Trees Cut Down; Officials Believe Birds Lost Their Nests Before Independence
TOYAMA — As many as 107 herons found dead in a park in central Toyama last month died because the...
July 30, 2025
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Japan City Sees Temperature Reach Record 41.2 C; Figure Breaks Previous Record Set in 2018
The temperature in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, reached 41.2 C on Wednesday, the highest ever to be r...
July 30, 2025
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1.3-Meter-High Tsunami Hits Iwate Prefecture Port Following Massive Earthquake Near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula
A 1.3-meter-high tsunami was observed at Kuji Port in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, at 1:52 p.m. on Wed...
July 30, 2025
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TEPCO Announces Delay to Large-Scale Retrieval of Debris at N-Plant; 2051 Still Eyed for End of Process
The start of the large-scale retrieval of melted nuclear fuel from reactors at Tokyo Electric Pow...
July 30, 2025
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Japan Sees 1st 40 C Temperature of the Year; Mercury Rises to 40.6 C in Kyoto Prefecture City
The temperature rose to 40.6 C in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, at 1:47 p.m. Wednesday, marking ...
July 30, 2025
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