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Japan Airlines JL4 to New York JFK just returned to Tokyo

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AIRLIVE
 
 
An Airbus A350K to New York was escorted by emergency vehicles when landing back in Tokyo.
Japan Airlines flight JL4 departed Tokyo Haneda today at 18:54 JST to New York JFK Airport (scheduled flight time of 13 hours).
The Airbus A350-1000 (registration JA07WJ) climbed to 29,000 feet ...

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Four Workers Dead In Japan After Manhole Fall

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CNA
 
Four workers have died in Japan after falling into a manhole near Tokyo as they inspected sewage pipes, authorities said on Sunday (Aug 3).
The incident comes after a huge sinkhole swallowed a truck driver near the capital in January after a road collapsed because of corroded sewage pipes, ...

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Japanese Attacked in Suzhou, China, Again

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NIPPON
 
A Japanese national was attacked and injured in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, on Thursday, officials at the Japanese Consulate-General in Shanghai said Friday.
The person was hit with what appeared to be a rock inside a subway station, and was later treated at a hospital, the ...

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In Hiroshima, A Schoolboy Keeps Memories Of War Alive With Guided Tours

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Since the age of seven, Japanese schoolboy Shun Sasaki has been offering free guided tours to foreign visitors of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park with a mission: ensuring that the horrors of nuclear war do not fade from memory with the passage of time.
Aged 12 now, Shun has convey...

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Japan to Discontinue SDF Annual Review Ceremony

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NIPPON
 
An annual Japanese Self-Defense Forces review ceremony will no longer be held in principle due to mounting SDF duties in an increasingly severe security environment, according to the Defense Ministry.
On Wednesday, the ministry said that it has become difficult to continue the event, whi...

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Japan Lifts Tsunami Advisory After Russia Quake

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RFI
 
Japan's weather office on Thursday lifted a tsunami advisory imposed a day earlier after Russia's Far East was rocked by one of the strongest earthquakes on record.
"There is currently no coastal area for which tsunami warnings or advisories are in force," the Japan Meteorological Agency (J...

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Japan's 2024 Rice Demand Tops Estimate; Outstrips Supply Again

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Demand for rice in Japan in the year through June was 7.11 million tons, 380,000 tons more than initial government projections made last year, the farm ministry said Wednesday.
With 6.79 million tons of rice produced in 2024, it marks the third consecutive year that demand has excee...

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Mercury Hits New Japan Record High of 41.2 C

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NIPPON
 
The temperature soared to 41.2 degrees Celsius in the western Japan city of Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, around 2:39 p.m. on Wednesday, setting a new national record high, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The previous record was 41.1 degrees, set in the eastern city of Kumagaya,...

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Japan On Edge But Prepared For Tsunami After Huge Kamchatka Earthquake

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Towns, villages and nuclear reactors were evacuated and airports shut while office workers rushed to higher floors in coastal cities as Japan came under the threat of tsunamis Wednesday following a massive earthquake in the Russian Far East.
The country was prepared but on edge, wit...

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LFC And Kodansha Create Unique Shirts For Pre-Season Fixture In Japan

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LIVER POOL FC
 
Liverpool’s players will wear unique, special-edition shirts for Wednesday’s pre-season fixture with Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan.
Created alongside the club’s official publication partner, Kodansha, the Reds’ jerseys for the game at Nissan Stadium will include names and numbers o...

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