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  • M5.1 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture Islands

    An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.1 hit Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, at 6...

    June 30, 2025

    #Earthquake #Kagoshima
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    NASUSHIOBARA, Tochigi — A man was bitten on the head by a bear on Monday morning in Nasushiobara,...

    June 30, 2025

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    KAWAGUCHI, Saitama — A passerby made an emergency phone call to police to inform them that that t...

    June 30, 2025

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    An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.5 hit Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture at 12...

    June 30, 2025

    #Earthquake #Kagoshima
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    An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.1 hit Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, at 4...

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    An outdoor swimming pool facility opened Saturday for summer at the Yomiuriland amusement park, w...

    June 29, 2025

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    Elementary school students in areas affected by the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake are declining ...

    June 29, 2025

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    Temperatures in central Tokyo rose to 30.1 C by 9 a.m. on Sunday, fourth straight days that the h...

    June 29, 2025

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    KANAZAWA — At least 10 people living in temporary housing built in Ishikawa Prefecture after the ...

    June 29, 2025

    #Earthquake #Ishikawa
  • M4.0 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Shimane Prefecture

    An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.0 hit eastern Shimane Prefecture, at 9:59 a.m. on ...

    June 29, 2025

    #Earthquake #Shimane
  • Short Story Dispensers to Appear Around Japan; Creating Unexpected Encounters with Stories

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    The Tohoku Shinkansen line was suspended after a bullet train collided with a bear while travelin...

    June 28, 2025

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    Many places experienced intense heat on Saturday as a high pressure system covered the Japanese a...

    June 28, 2025

    #Tokyo
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    WAKAYAMA — Visitors to Adventure World theme park said goodbye to all four giant pandas housed th...

    June 28, 2025

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  • Yamagata Airport Resumes Normal Operations after Bear Incursion

    YAMAGATA — Yamagata Airport in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, resumed normal operations on Frida...

    June 28, 2025

    #Yamagata #Bear Attacks
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