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Death toll from heavy snowfall in Japan rises to 46
- Category:Snow
JAPAN TIMES
Almost three weeks of heavy snowfall has killed 46 people and injured 558 others in Japan, fresh data from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency showed Tuesday.
Continued snowfall since late January has buried northern communities and caused traffic chaos, particularly along the c...
Almost three weeks of heavy snowfall has killed 46 people and injured 558 others in Japan, fresh data from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency showed Tuesday.
Continued snowfall since late January has buried northern communities and caused traffic chaos, particularly along the c...
- 10/2 19:17
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Japan Wins Figure Skating Team Silver at Milan-Cortina
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NIPPON
Japan won the silver medal in the figure skating team event at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Sunday, as it did at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
The Japanese team earned a total score of 68, just behind the U.S. team's 69. Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara recorded the highest score in pair skat...
Japan won the silver medal in the figure skating team event at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Sunday, as it did at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
The Japanese team earned a total score of 68, just behind the U.S. team's 69. Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara recorded the highest score in pair skat...
- 9/2 18:49
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It’s Sanae Takaichi’s Japan, As PM’s Persona Powers LDP To Electoral Success
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JAPAN TIMES
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s striking victory in Sunday’s election has catapulted Japan’s political landscape to a time many had already begun to forget — a time when her Liberal Democratic Party held largely unfettered control over the levers of power.
Following a short hiatus a...
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s striking victory in Sunday’s election has catapulted Japan’s political landscape to a time many had already begun to forget — a time when her Liberal Democratic Party held largely unfettered control over the levers of power.
Following a short hiatus a...
- 9/2 18:10
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Japan To Restart World's Biggest Nuclear Plant On Monday
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JAPAN TODAY
Japan will switch the world's largest nuclear power plant back on next week, after a glitch with an alarm forced the suspension of its first restart since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
The announcement came after TEPCO restarted the reactor on January 21 but shut it off the following...
Japan will switch the world's largest nuclear power plant back on next week, after a glitch with an alarm forced the suspension of its first restart since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
The announcement came after TEPCO restarted the reactor on January 21 but shut it off the following...
- 8/2 20:58
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Japan Election: Sanae Takaichi's LDP Set For Majority
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YAHOO NEWS UK
Japan's nationalist ruling party is set to regain a majority in lower house elections, media projections showed on Sunday, in what would be a huge victory for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is expected to have won about 300 seats in the lo...
Japan's nationalist ruling party is set to regain a majority in lower house elections, media projections showed on Sunday, in what would be a huge victory for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is expected to have won about 300 seats in the lo...
- 8/2 20:44
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Heavy Snowfall Hits Northern, Western Japan, Tokyo Also Blanketed By Snow
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KYODO NEWS
Heavy snowfall hit a wide swath of Japan on Sunday, particularly in the west and along the Sea of Japan coast, while central Tokyo was lightly blanketed.
The snowfall disrupted traffic in areas adjacent to Kyoto, as well as in southwestern Fukui Prefecture and eastern Tottori Prefect...
Heavy snowfall hit a wide swath of Japan on Sunday, particularly in the west and along the Sea of Japan coast, while central Tokyo was lightly blanketed.
The snowfall disrupted traffic in areas adjacent to Kyoto, as well as in southwestern Fukui Prefecture and eastern Tottori Prefect...
- 8/2 19:57
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Nagasaki Lantern Festival Gets Underway
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NHK
The Nagasaki Lantern Festival during which the streets of the port city in southwestern Japan are illuminated with approximately 15,000 colorful lanterns got underway on Friday.
Starting this year, the festival began on the first Friday of February instead of coinciding with the start of th...
The Nagasaki Lantern Festival during which the streets of the port city in southwestern Japan are illuminated with approximately 15,000 colorful lanterns got underway on Friday.
Starting this year, the festival began on the first Friday of February instead of coinciding with the start of th...
- 7/2 20:24
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Japan to Keep Demanding Restart of Visits to Northern Territories
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NIPPON
Japan will keep requesting Russia to allow the restart of a program for former residents of Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands to visit their ancestors' graves on the islands, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Saturday.
"Resuming the visits is a humanitarian issue and one of the ...
Japan will keep requesting Russia to allow the restart of a program for former residents of Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands to visit their ancestors' graves on the islands, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Saturday.
"Resuming the visits is a humanitarian issue and one of the ...
- 7/2 19:42
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In Japan, Generative AI Takes Fake Election News To New Levels
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JAPAN TIMES
Two leaders of a fledgling Japanese political party unveil a red logo reminiscent of Chinese Communist Party imagery.
A candidate campaigns in freezing weather wearing a tank top. Grannies vent in public about what they see as political nonsense. Or do they?
Whatever the outcome of ...
Two leaders of a fledgling Japanese political party unveil a red logo reminiscent of Chinese Communist Party imagery.
A candidate campaigns in freezing weather wearing a tank top. Grannies vent in public about what they see as political nonsense. Or do they?
Whatever the outcome of ...
- 7/2 19:15
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Mount Fuji Cherry Blossom Festival Cancelled Due To Overtourism
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CNA
A cherry blossom festival boasting a highly Instagrammable view of Japan's Mount Fuji has been cancelled after residents complained of overtourism fuelled by the weak yen.
The city of Fujiyoshida, in central Japan's Yamanashi region, said on Tuesday (Feb 3) that the weeks-long event attract...
A cherry blossom festival boasting a highly Instagrammable view of Japan's Mount Fuji has been cancelled after residents complained of overtourism fuelled by the weak yen.
The city of Fujiyoshida, in central Japan's Yamanashi region, said on Tuesday (Feb 3) that the weeks-long event attract...
- 5/2 21:26
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