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One Dead And Several Missing After 'Unprecedented' Rains In Japan

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BBC
 
One person has died and seven others are missing, officials said, after "unprecedented" rains caused floods and landslides in the coastal quake-hit region of Ishikawa in northern Japan.
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on Saturday issued its highest "life-threatening" alert level for the I...

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Typhoon Bebinca May Approach Southern Japan Over Weekend

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KYODO NEWS
 
Typhoon Bebinca is forecast to approach Japan's southern island of Okinawa over the weekend, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Wednesday.
A tropical cyclone around the Mariana Islands evolved into the season's 13th typhoon on Tuesday.
As of 3 p.m., it was moving northwestward at a...

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Tropical Storm Shanshan Drenches Japan

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NHK
 
Tropical Storm Shanshan is heading slowly eastward across Japan, bringing record rainfall to wide areas. The Meteorological Agency says bands of heavy rainclouds that cause torrential rain could occur Saturday night over the regions of Tokai and Kanto-Koshin -- including Tokyo.
The agency s...

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Japan Issues Special Typhoon Alert For Kagoshima Pref.

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's weather agency issued a rare special typhoon warning Wednesday for most parts of Kagoshima Prefecture in the country's southwest as powerful Typhoon Shanshan, which has already caused several injuries in affected areas, approaches.
The storm is heading in a northerly directio...

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Japan Warns Against Panic Buying As Rice Shortages Bite

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CNA
 
The threat of a "megaquake", a series of typhoons and a week-long national holiday have some Japanese scrambling to buy rice - the nation's cherished staple food - with the government warning on Tuesday (Aug 27) against panic buying.
"The rice crop is growing steadily and farmers in some re...

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Strong Typhoon Heading Toward Southwestern Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
A strong typhoon traveling in the south of the Japanese archipelago is heading toward the southwestern island of Amami-Oshima on Tuesday, the weather agency said, warning of heavy rains and violent winds.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said Typhoon Shanshan could make landfall on We...

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Heatstroke Sufferers in Japan Climb in July

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NIPPON
 
The number of people in Japan who were sent to hospital due to heatstroke climbed by some 20 pct in July from a year before to 43,195, the second highest level for the month since records began in 2008, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday.
The country saw scorching weath...

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Tokyo-Nagoya Shinkansen To Halt Aug. 16 As Typhoon Nears Eastern Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
Shinkansen bullet train services between Tokyo and Nagoya stations will be halted throughout Friday as Typhoon Ampil is forecast to approach eastern Japan, the operator said, in a move that will affect travelers during the Bon summer holidays.
Operations between Nagoya and Shin-Osaka...

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Japan Meteorological Agency Maintains Mega-Quake Advisory

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NHK
 
The Japan Meteorological Agency continues to urge people to keep up their guard against a possible mega-quake in the Nankai Trough along the Pacific coast.
The agency is keeping in place its special advisory issued on Thursday after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off Miyazaki Prefecture ...

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Table Tennis-Sweden Fight Back To Beat Japan And Secure Medal

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REUTERS
 
Sweden fought back from a two-match deficit to beat fourth-seeded Japan in a men's team table tennis semi-final at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, securing a medal.
Japan opened with a 3-1 doubles win, before Tomokazu Harimoto added a valuable point by defeating singles silver medallis...

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