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Gov't Acknowledges First Radiation Death Among Fukushima Plant Workers
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - The Japanese government has acknowledged for the first time that a worker at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami more than seven years ago, died from radiation exposure.
A 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck in March 2011, triggering...
TOKYO - The Japanese government has acknowledged for the first time that a worker at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami more than seven years ago, died from radiation exposure.
A 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck in March 2011, triggering...
- September 6, 2018
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Powerful Earthquake Rocks Hokkaido
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THE JAPAN NEWS
A powerful earthquake struck Hokkaido early Thursday, causing blackouts in Sapporo and other areas and sending items tumbling off shelves.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the magnitude-6.7 earthquake recorded upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in t...
A powerful earthquake struck Hokkaido early Thursday, causing blackouts in Sapporo and other areas and sending items tumbling off shelves.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the magnitude-6.7 earthquake recorded upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in t...
- September 6, 2018
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Typhoon Jebi Pushes Ship Into Kansai Airport Bridge, Leaving 5,000 People Stranded at Japan’s Third-busiest Gateway
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JAPAN TIMES
OSAKA – A tanker smashed into the bridge linking Kansai International Airport with the mainland, leaving about 5,000 people stranded at the facility on Tuesday as strong winds and high waves from Typhoon Jebi blasted western Japan.
The airport, which sits on a man-made island in Osa...
OSAKA – A tanker smashed into the bridge linking Kansai International Airport with the mainland, leaving about 5,000 people stranded at the facility on Tuesday as strong winds and high waves from Typhoon Jebi blasted western Japan.
The airport, which sits on a man-made island in Osa...
- September 5, 2018
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Japan's Military Seeks Record Spending to Reinforce North Korea Missile Defenses
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REUTERS
Japan’s military wants record spending next year to help pay for major upgrades to defenses designed to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles that Tokyo sees as a continued threat despite Pyongyang’s promise to abandon nuclear weapons.
The Ministry of Defence budget proposal releas...
Japan’s military wants record spending next year to help pay for major upgrades to defenses designed to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles that Tokyo sees as a continued threat despite Pyongyang’s promise to abandon nuclear weapons.
The Ministry of Defence budget proposal releas...
- September 1, 2018
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Tokyo Disney Will Give New Year’s Eve Visitors The Chance to Party For 26 Straight Hours!
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ROCKET NEWS
See in the New Year with some Disney magic, and maybe some sleep deprivation.
Where, and how, will you spend New Year’s Eve? For those living in Japan, the evening can be a world apart from the Hogmanay festivities back home, with very few fireworks going off at the stroke of midnig...
See in the New Year with some Disney magic, and maybe some sleep deprivation.
Where, and how, will you spend New Year’s Eve? For those living in Japan, the evening can be a world apart from the Hogmanay festivities back home, with very few fireworks going off at the stroke of midnig...
- August 29, 2018
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Jakarta Asian Games / Noguchi Locks Up Sport Climbing Gold
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THE JAPAN NEWS
PALEMBANG, Indonesia — Japan added more medals on Sunday to its tally at the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, a southern city on Sumatra island.
Japan’s haul was 109 as of midnight Saturday, and climber Akiyo Noguchi won the gold in women’s combined sport climbing in Palemba...
PALEMBANG, Indonesia — Japan added more medals on Sunday to its tally at the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, a southern city on Sumatra island.
Japan’s haul was 109 as of midnight Saturday, and climber Akiyo Noguchi won the gold in women’s combined sport climbing in Palemba...
- August 27, 2018
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Typhoon Cimaron Slams into Mainland Japan with Flooding Rain, Damaging Winds
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ACCUWEATHER
Typhoon Cimaron is threatening lives and property across western Japan by unloading flooding rain and damaging winds. The storm will then aim at northern Japan to end the week.
While Soulik bypassed mainland Japan to the south, Typhoon Cimaron made a direct hit.
The storm made its f...
Typhoon Cimaron is threatening lives and property across western Japan by unloading flooding rain and damaging winds. The storm will then aim at northern Japan to end the week.
While Soulik bypassed mainland Japan to the south, Typhoon Cimaron made a direct hit.
The storm made its f...
- August 24, 2018
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The Organized Chaos of Botaoshi, Japan’s Wildest Game
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ASAHI SHINBUN
TOKYO--On a cloudless spring afternoon, thousands of parents, teachers and alumni watched as a pack of young students charged across a field, screaming and snarling, and then crashed into a wall of students defending an 11.8-foot wooden pole.
The attackers clawed, shoved and jumpe...
TOKYO--On a cloudless spring afternoon, thousands of parents, teachers and alumni watched as a pack of young students charged across a field, screaming and snarling, and then crashed into a wall of students defending an 11.8-foot wooden pole.
The attackers clawed, shoved and jumpe...
- August 24, 2018
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Thomas The Tank Engine Fans in Japan Ride a Full-size Replica Steam Train, Enjoy Plarail Toy Tower
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JAPAN TRENDS
Thomas the Tank Engine fans in Japan young and old can now enjoy two special events this summer.
At the observatory of Tokyo Skytree, you can get a great view of the city while taking in an exhibition featuring a huge tower of Takara-Tomy’s Plarail railroad toys in a Thomas & Frien...
Thomas the Tank Engine fans in Japan young and old can now enjoy two special events this summer.
At the observatory of Tokyo Skytree, you can get a great view of the city while taking in an exhibition featuring a huge tower of Takara-Tomy’s Plarail railroad toys in a Thomas & Frien...
- August 20, 2018
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Hugely Successful Snoopy Museum Tokyo to Relocate to Machida in 2019
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JAPAN TRENDS
Following the immense success of the first one, Japan will get a new Snoopy Museum in autumn 2019.
Snoopy Museum Tokyo originally opened in Roppongi in 2016 for a limited period of time. The venue finally closes on September 24th, after having attracted huge crowds and publicity....
Following the immense success of the first one, Japan will get a new Snoopy Museum in autumn 2019.
Snoopy Museum Tokyo originally opened in Roppongi in 2016 for a limited period of time. The venue finally closes on September 24th, after having attracted huge crowds and publicity....
- August 18, 2018
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