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Japan To Give $6m In Emergency Aid To Quake-Hit Myanmar

  • Category:Nature
UCA NEWS
 
Tokyo has also sent a 32-member Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team to Yangon to aid humanitarian efforts
Japan will provide US$6 million in emergency aid to assist victims of the recent earthquake in Myanmar, its government said.
The details of the aid will be coordinated with relevant...

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Japan Estimates Feared Megaquake Could Cause US$1.8 Trillion In Damage, Kill 300,000 People

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CNA
 
Japan sees about an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake along a seabed zone known as the Nankai Trough.
Japan's economy could lose as much as US$1.81 trillion in the event of a long-anticipated megaquake off its Pacific coast, which could trigger devastating tsunamis, the co...

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Without New Countermeasures, Japan’s Temperature Could Rise 4.5 C By 2100

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan’s average surface temperature could rise by 4.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century if no additional measures to mitigate climate change are taken, according to projections released Wednesday by the Meteorological Agency and several other institutions.
The findings, publ...

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Snow in Tokyo Forecast to Reach 5 Centimeters; Heavy Snow to Fall Between Saturday Evening, Sunday Morning

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Heavy snow is expected in the Kanto-Koshin region between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The agency called on people to take precautions to avoid traffic collisions due to snow and icy road surfaces.
Snowfall for the 24 hours leadin...

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Tsunami Alert Lifted After Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake Rattles Southwestern Japan

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AP NEWS
 
A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted. A few instances of minor damage were reported.
Japan’s Meteorological Agency initially estimated the magnitude wa...

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Fishing Boat Capsizes Off Eastern Japan, Leaving 2 Dead, 3 Missing

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NHK
 
A Japanese fishing boat has capsized off the Pacific coast in eastern Japan. Two of 20 people onboard are dead and three others remain unaccounted for.
Japan Coast Guard officials say they received a report shortly after 2 a.m. on Monday that a round haul netter appeared to have capsized ab...

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Japan To Cut 60% Of Emissions By FY2035, But Experts Call For More

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government on Tuesday won an approval for a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by fiscal 2035 from fiscal 2013 levels, but rejected calls for it to pursue a more ambitious target.
At a joint meeting of the Environment Ministry and the Economy, Trade an...

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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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