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South Korea struggles to contain deadly wildfires
AFP, Published on 25/03/2025
» UISEONG, South Korea - Deadly wildfires in South Korea worsened overnight, officials said on Tuesday, as dry, windy weather hampers efforts to contain one of the country’s worst-ever fire outbreaks.
True blue tradition: how Japan's coveted jeans are made
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» KOJIMA-AJINO (JAPAN) - Call it an antidote to fast fashion: Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim connoisseurs.
Asteroid samples contain clues to origin of life, say Japan scientists
AFP, Published on 10/06/2022
» TOKYO: Asteroid dust collected by a Japanese space probe contains organic material that shows some of the building blocks of life on Earth may have been formed in space, scientists said Friday.
Japan train driver sues after wages docked for minute delay
AFP, Published on 11/11/2021
» TOKYO: A Japanese train driver is suing his employer after his wages were docked 56 yen (16 baht) over a minute-long delay to the country's famously punctual rail system, the company said on Thursday.
Pandemic to be 'far more deadly' this year, WHO warns
AFP, Published on 15/05/2021
» GENEVA: The World Health Organization issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be "far more deadly", as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped.
Japan's emperor to step down in 200-year first
AFP, Published on 30/04/2019
» TOKYO: Japan's Emperor Akihito prepared Tuesday to become the country's first monarch to abdicate in more than 200 years, handing the Chrysanthemum Throne to his son and ushering in a new imperial era.
Powerful storm hits disaster-ravaged Japan
AFP, Published on 29/07/2018
» TOKYO - A powerful storm slammed into central Japan on Sunday, bringing heavy rains as it churned across western areas already devastated by floods and landslides.
Typhoon slams into Japan, approaches disaster-hit regions
AFP, Published on 29/07/2018
» TOKYO: A powerful typhoon slammed into central Japan early Sunday, prompting local authorities to issue 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.
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.