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Thousands Evacuated As Japan's Biggest Fire In Decades Continues To Burn
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BBC
Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades.
At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more than 5,200 acres around the northern Japanese city of Ofunato since Thursday, according to the Fire and Disaster Ma...
Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades.
At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more than 5,200 acres around the northern Japanese city of Ofunato since Thursday, according to the Fire and Disaster Ma...
- March 4, 2025
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Snow Forces Highway Closures In Tokyo
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JAPAN TIMES
The transport ministry announced Tuesday that highways in the Tokyo metropolitan area will be closed as a preventive measure ahead of a forecast for heavy snow later in the day.
The closures are set to begin from 3:30 p.m. on the Central Circular Route of the Shuto Expressway and 4 ...
The transport ministry announced Tuesday that highways in the Tokyo metropolitan area will be closed as a preventive measure ahead of a forecast for heavy snow later in the day.
The closures are set to begin from 3:30 p.m. on the Central Circular Route of the Shuto Expressway and 4 ...
- March 4, 2025
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More People Ordered To Evacuate As Japan Wildfire Continues
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MEHR NEWS
The Iwate Prefecture government issued a new evacuation order for 333 people from 141 homes, adding to the more than 4,000 residents in around 1,900 households already told to abandon their homes, Kyodo News reported.
As of 6 a.m. local time Saturday, the fire that started in the Akas...
The Iwate Prefecture government issued a new evacuation order for 333 people from 141 homes, adding to the more than 4,000 residents in around 1,900 households already told to abandon their homes, Kyodo News reported.
As of 6 a.m. local time Saturday, the fire that started in the Akas...
- March 1, 2025
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Famed Japanese TV Host Monta Mino Dies At 80
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JAPAN TIMES
Monta Mino, who hosted many television shows in Japan, died in the early hours of Saturday, Nikkoku Corp., the water meter company he chaired, said. He was 80.
Mino, whose real name was Norio Minorikawa, joined Nippon Cultural Broadcasting in 1967. After leaving the company, he beca...
Monta Mino, who hosted many television shows in Japan, died in the early hours of Saturday, Nikkoku Corp., the water meter company he chaired, said. He was 80.
Mino, whose real name was Norio Minorikawa, joined Nippon Cultural Broadcasting in 1967. After leaving the company, he beca...
- March 1, 2025
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Acting South Korea President Hopeful For "New Chapter" With Japan
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KYODO NEWS
South Korea's acting president, Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang Mok, expressed hope Saturday that his nation and Japan can open a new chapter in their bilateral relationship by healing wounds of the past and celebrating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic normalization.
Choi made the ...
South Korea's acting president, Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang Mok, expressed hope Saturday that his nation and Japan can open a new chapter in their bilateral relationship by healing wounds of the past and celebrating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic normalization.
Choi made the ...
- March 1, 2025
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Residents Evacuate To Shelters Amid Forest Fire In Japan’s Iwate
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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
The fire threatened the Ryori district fishing community, whose residents were told to evacuate. Located by a cove on a jagged coastline, the village was devastated by the tsunami from the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.
Firefighting efforts continued Thursday, a day afte...
The fire threatened the Ryori district fishing community, whose residents were told to evacuate. Located by a cove on a jagged coastline, the village was devastated by the tsunami from the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.
Firefighting efforts continued Thursday, a day afte...
- February 28, 2025
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Niigata Nuclear Plant’s Anti-Terrorism Facility Delayed; Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Director Cites Newness of Concept
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JAPAN NEWS
The construction of an anti-terrorism facility for the No. 7 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture will be completed in August 2029, much later than the scheduled completion in March this year, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. announced Thur...
The construction of an anti-terrorism facility for the No. 7 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture will be completed in August 2029, much later than the scheduled completion in March this year, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. announced Thur...
- February 27, 2025
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Hands-Free Luggage Service Allows Visitors To Japan To Travel Light, Decrease Congestion On Trains
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ANN
Luggage are checked in at airports and train stations and delivered to accommodations or destinations the same day.
Hands-free luggage services that allow foreign visitors to Japan to travel light have begun to spread, with luggage being checked in at airports and train stations and deliver...
Luggage are checked in at airports and train stations and delivered to accommodations or destinations the same day.
Hands-free luggage services that allow foreign visitors to Japan to travel light have begun to spread, with luggage being checked in at airports and train stations and deliver...
- February 27, 2025
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Asahi Kasei Initiates Biogas Purification System At Japan Sewage Treatment Plant
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BIO ENERGY NEWS
Asahi Kasei and Kurashiki City held a grand opening ceremony on February 4, 2025, for a biogas purification system (the System) in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
The System uses Asahi Kasei’s CO2 separation/recovery technology utilising zeolites installed at a sewage trea...
Asahi Kasei and Kurashiki City held a grand opening ceremony on February 4, 2025, for a biogas purification system (the System) in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
The System uses Asahi Kasei’s CO2 separation/recovery technology utilising zeolites installed at a sewage trea...
- February 26, 2025
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Japan to Oblige Companies to Participate in Emissions Trading
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NIPPON
The Japanese government adopted a bill Tuesday to oblige companies that emit at least 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year to participate in the country's carbon emissions trading system.
According to the bill to revise the law on promoting green transformation, which the government abb...
The Japanese government adopted a bill Tuesday to oblige companies that emit at least 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year to participate in the country's carbon emissions trading system.
According to the bill to revise the law on promoting green transformation, which the government abb...
- February 25, 2025
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