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Mass evacuation as 'historic' rain hits Japan
Reuters, Published on 06/07/2018
» TOKYO: Hundreds of thousands of people across a wide swathe of western and central Japan were evacuated from their homes on Friday as torrential rains pounded the nation, flooding rivers, setting off landslides and leaving at least two people dead.
At least 50 dead in Japan floods
Published on 07/07/2018
» TOKYO: At least 50 people are dead and about 50 missing due to torrential rains which continued to fall on Saturday across a wide area of western Japan, causing landslides and flooding that destroyed homes and swept away cars.
Japan flood death toll rises to 122
AFP, Published on 10/07/2018
» KURASHIKI, Japan: The toll in deadly rainfall that has devastated parts of Japan with flooding and landslides rose Tuesday to 122, as hopes faded that further survivors could be found.
Japan executes sarin attack cult members: media
AFP, Published on 26/07/2018
» TOKYO - Japan on Thursday executed six more members of the cult behind the deadly 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway, local media said, weeks after the group's leader was hanged.
Disaster-hit Japan braces for powerful typhoon
AFP, Published on 28/07/2018
» TOKYO - A powerful typhoon hurtled towards Japan on Saturday, prompting local authorities to issue early evacuation orders, with western areas recently devastated by floods and landslides in the storm's crosshairs.
Disaster-hit Japan braces for powerful typhoon
AFP, Published on 28/07/2018
» TOKYO - A powerful typhoon buffeted Japan's eastern coast on Saturday evening, prompting local authorities to issue early evacuation orders, with western areas recently devastated by floods and landslides in the storm's crosshairs.
Japan marks 73rd anniversary of Hiroshima bomb
AFP, Published on 06/08/2018
» HIROSHIMA, Japan: A bell tolled in Hiroshima as Japan marked 73 years since the world's first atomic bombing, with the city's mayor warning that rising nationalism worldwide threatens peace.
Japan goes shy on Khmer poll flaws
News, Sek Sophal, Published on 13/08/2018
» Cambodia's general election on July 29 concluded with a sharp controversy. Skeptical voter turnout, a number of spoilt ballots, election boycotts and a sweeping victory by the ruling Cambodian People Party (CPP) appeared in international media headlines. Shortly after the National Election Committee (NEC) announced the preliminary result, the US, the European Union, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Germany expressed concern that the election was neither free nor fair and failed to justify the spirit of democracy in the absence of the banned opposition party, the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP).
NKorea still 'serious and imminent threat': Japan
AFP, Published on 28/08/2018
» TOKYO - North Korea still poses a "serious and imminent threat", Japan said Tuesday in its first annual defence review since an outbreak of diplomacy on the Korean peninsula.
Strongest typhoon in quarter century hits Japan
AFP, Published on 04/09/2018
» TOKYO: The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years made landfall Tuesday, with more than a million people urged to evacuate to escape violent winds and heavy rainfall.