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Japan Is Among the World's Safest Countries, Though It Has a Grisly Record of Mass Violence
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TIME
A 41-year-old man shouting “you die!” ran into an anime studio in Kyoto and set it ablaze Thursday morning, killing 33 people and injuring 36 others.
Police said the man sprayed sprayed an unidentified liquid accelerant before starting the fire, according to the Associated Press.
The viole...
A 41-year-old man shouting “you die!” ran into an anime studio in Kyoto and set it ablaze Thursday morning, killing 33 people and injuring 36 others.
Police said the man sprayed sprayed an unidentified liquid accelerant before starting the fire, according to the Associated Press.
The viole...
- July 20, 2019
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Kyoto Animation Fire: Arson Attack At Japan Anime Studio Kills 33
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BBC
At least 33 people died and dozens were injured after a man set fire to an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto, officials say.
Police said the 41-year-old suspect broke into the Kyoto Animationstudio on Thursday morning and sprayed petrol before igniting it.
The suspect has been ...
At least 33 people died and dozens were injured after a man set fire to an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto, officials say.
Police said the 41-year-old suspect broke into the Kyoto Animationstudio on Thursday morning and sprayed petrol before igniting it.
The suspect has been ...
- July 19, 2019
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Earthquake: 6.1 Quake Strikes Near Amami, Japan
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LA TIMES
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake was reported at 5:57 p.m. Pacific time on Friday 105 miles from Amami, Japan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was farther than 100 miles from a city.
In the last 10 days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitud...
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake was reported at 5:57 p.m. Pacific time on Friday 105 miles from Amami, Japan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was farther than 100 miles from a city.
In the last 10 days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitud...
- July 13, 2019
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Japan PM Abe's Coalition On Track To Win Solid Majority In Election
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EURO NEWS
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s coalition is on track to win a solid majority in a July 21 upper house election, and his dream of revising the pacifist constitution could still be alive if enough allies also win, a survey showed on Saturday.
Abe’s Liberal Democr...
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s coalition is on track to win a solid majority in a July 21 upper house election, and his dream of revising the pacifist constitution could still be alive if enough allies also win, a survey showed on Saturday.
Abe’s Liberal Democr...
- July 6, 2019
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Heavy Rains In Japan Force More Than A Million Residents To Evacuate
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BBC
More than one million people across the Japanese island of Kyushu have been ordered to evacuate, amid warnings of landslides and floods brought on by heavy rain.
Authorities urged residents in parts of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures to move to safety immediately.
One elderly woman in Ka...
More than one million people across the Japanese island of Kyushu have been ordered to evacuate, amid warnings of landslides and floods brought on by heavy rain.
Authorities urged residents in parts of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures to move to safety immediately.
One elderly woman in Ka...
- July 4, 2019
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Japan, a Big Plastic User, Fights Waste Ahead of the G-20 Summit
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TIME
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a plastic problem.In a country where cleanliness and neat packaging have long been considered good service, almost everything, from single bananas to individual pieces of vegetables, pastries, pens and cosmetics is sold plastic-wrapped.
But as world leaders descend o...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a plastic problem.In a country where cleanliness and neat packaging have long been considered good service, almost everything, from single bananas to individual pieces of vegetables, pastries, pens and cosmetics is sold plastic-wrapped.
But as world leaders descend o...
- June 27, 2019
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Japan To Hold Election For Upper House On July 21 - Government
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EURO NEWS
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will hold an election for the upper house on July 21, the government said on Wednesday, effectively kicking off campaigning for half the seats in the less powerful of parliament’s two chambers.
Expectations had simmered that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would also...
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will hold an election for the upper house on July 21, the government said on Wednesday, effectively kicking off campaigning for half the seats in the less powerful of parliament’s two chambers.
Expectations had simmered that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would also...
- June 26, 2019
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Japan, Russia At Odds On Starting Economic Projects On Disputed Isles
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JAPAN TODAY
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia
Japan and Russia are unlikely to reach a final agreement to start all five areas of joint economic activities to be pursued on a group of disputed islands, Russian sources said Sunday.
The two countries have recently been holding intensive talks on the joint proj...
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia
Japan and Russia are unlikely to reach a final agreement to start all five areas of joint economic activities to be pursued on a group of disputed islands, Russian sources said Sunday.
The two countries have recently been holding intensive talks on the joint proj...
- June 24, 2019
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At Least 26 Injured In Earthquake In Japan's Northwest
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JAPAN TIMES
At least 26 people were injured, including one seriously, after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Japan’s northwestern region late Tuesday, causing landslides and power outages in some areas.
The quake hit Niigata Prefecture on Tuesday night, recording a maximum of upper 6 on the Ja...
At least 26 people were injured, including one seriously, after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Japan’s northwestern region late Tuesday, causing landslides and power outages in some areas.
The quake hit Niigata Prefecture on Tuesday night, recording a maximum of upper 6 on the Ja...
- June 20, 2019
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Japan To Force Elderly Drivers To Have Automatic Brakes In Bid To Deal With Aging Driving Population
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TELEGRAPH
Elderly drivers in Japan will only be permitted to drive vehicles fitted with advanced automatic braking systems after a series of accidents involving children, according to proposals announced in Tokyo on Tuesday.
The measure is among a series of recommendations put forward by the g...
Elderly drivers in Japan will only be permitted to drive vehicles fitted with advanced automatic braking systems after a series of accidents involving children, according to proposals announced in Tokyo on Tuesday.
The measure is among a series of recommendations put forward by the g...
- June 19, 2019
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