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Crown Prince Naruhito Meets Japanese Schoolchildren in Lyon at Start of Nine-day French Trip
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JAPAN TIMES
LYON, FRANCE – Crown Prince Naruhito, who is set to become the nation’s next emperor after his father, Emperor Akihito, abdicates next April, on Saturday met with Japanese schoolchildren and toured a world-renowned textile museum at the start of his nine-day goodwill visit to France...
LYON, FRANCE – Crown Prince Naruhito, who is set to become the nation’s next emperor after his father, Emperor Akihito, abdicates next April, on Saturday met with Japanese schoolchildren and toured a world-renowned textile museum at the start of his nine-day goodwill visit to France...
- September 10, 2018
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Ohtani Homers For 3rd Straight Game, Passes Jojima Mark
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THE JAPAN NEWS
CHICAGO (AP) — Two-way star Shohei Ohtani homered for the third straight game after learning he will probably need Tommy John surgery, launching a three-run shot to cap the Los Angeles Angels’ four-run third inning in a 5-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Two-way star Shohei Ohtani homered for the third straight game after learning he will probably need Tommy John surgery, launching a three-run shot to cap the Los Angeles Angels’ four-run third inning in a 5-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
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- September 8, 2018
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Power Returning to Hokkaido, But Quake Exposes Flaws of Grid
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - After an earthquake knocked out power to 5.3 million people this week, Hokkaido Electric restored service to most of them by the end of Friday, but experts say the island-wide outage highlights fundamental flaws in Japan's power grid.
The blackout that hit Hokkaido after ear...
TOKYO - After an earthquake knocked out power to 5.3 million people this week, Hokkaido Electric restored service to most of them by the end of Friday, but experts say the island-wide outage highlights fundamental flaws in Japan's power grid.
The blackout that hit Hokkaido after ear...
- September 8, 2018
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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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