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Volcanic activity intensifying at Mount Hakone
Published on 08/05/2015
» TOKYO — Volcanic activity at Mount Hakone is intensifying to levels unseen over recent years, an expert said Friday after conducting research in a no-entry zone.
Steam bursts weaken at Mt Hakone
Published on 04/06/2015
» TOKYO — Steam bursts at the hot spring district of Mt Hakone southwest of Tokyo were described as weaker by the Japan Meteorological Agency on Thursday, the first report of a decline in activity since the volcanic alert for the mountain was raised early last month.
Scores feared buried alive after new Japan quake
Kyodo News, Published on 16/04/2016
» KUMAMOTO, JAPAN — Scores of people were feared buried alive on Saturday after two powerful earthquakes hit southern Japan a day apart, killing at least 35 people, and as a forecast storm threatened more devastating landslides.
Volcanic quakes continue at Mount Hakone
Published on 07/05/2015
» TOKYO - Volcanic earthquakes continued at Mount Hakone on Thursday after authorities the previous day raised the alert level for a possible eruption in the hot spring district southwest of Tokyo.
Japan protests China's claim of jet midair interference
Kyodo News, Published on 12/12/2016
» TOKYO - The Japanese government lodged a protest Monday with China over a claim that Japanese fighter jets interfered at close range with Chinese military aircraft flying over the Miyako Strait in Okinawa Prefecture on the weekend.
Temples enter matchmaking business in marriage-shy Japan
Published on 30/10/2016
» TOKYO - Traditionally seen as conductors of funerals or memorial services, some Buddhist monks in Japan are carving out a new niche as matchmakers for men and women looking for marriage partners.
N. Korea's new foreign minister heads to Laos
Kyodo News, Published on 23/07/2016
» VIENTIANE/PYONGYANG - North Korea's new foreign minister on Saturday left for Laos to make his overseas debut at a major security forum, at a time of high tensions over Pyongyang's series of weapons tests.
Indonesia closes airport on Lombok due to volcanic activity
Published on 01/08/2016
» JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities on Monday closed an airport on Lombok due to volcanic activity at the island's Mount Rinjani, while some airlines canceled or diverted flights to and from the neighbouring resort island of Bali due to volcanic ash.
Quakes in southwest Japan unlikely to cease soon
Published on 20/04/2016
» KUMAMOTO, JAPAN — The weather agency said Wednesday it sees no signs of seismic activity abating in Kumamoto and surrounding prefectures in southwestern Japan following powerful earthquakes last week, urging people to remain alert.
Mt Hakone warning lifted amid lessening volcanic activity
Published on 20/11/2015
» TOKYO — The national weather agency on Friday lifted its volcanic activity warning for Mount Hakone, located in a popular hot spring resort area southwest of Tokyo, as it deemed the risk of eruptions to have reduced after the last small-scale eruption observed in July.