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Swan on tracks halts bullet train services in northeastern Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 03/12/2025
» Bullet train services on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line in northeastern Japan were temporarily suspended on Wednesday morning after a swan was spotted on the tracks, the railway operator said.
Japan issues first 'megaquake' warning
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/08/2024
» TOKYO - An earthquake off the coast of Japan’s southern island of Kyushu prompted the government to issue its first-ever warning for a megaquake from an undersea trough running along a swath of the country’s coast.
Damage minimal after strong quake off Japan
News Agencies, Published on 08/08/2024
» TOKYO - A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 shook southwestern Japan on Thursday afternoon but no major damage was reported and only relatively minor tsunami waves reached the coast.
Japan PM apologises for forced sterilisations
Kyodo News, Published on 17/07/2024
» TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida apologised on Wednesday to victims of forced sterilisation surgery under a now-defunct “eugenics protection” law, two weeks after Japan’s top court ruled it was unconstitutional and the government must pay damages to plaintiffs.
GoPro Mitoma studied way to Premier League stardom
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» TSUKUBA (JAPAN) - Kaoru Mitoma strapped a camera to his head to study dribbling for his graduation thesis. Now his former university coach is enjoying watching him teach Premier League defenders a lesson.
Japan marks decade since 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster
AFP, Published on 11/03/2021
» HISANOHAMA (JAPAN) - Japan on Thursday marks 10 years since the worst natural disaster in the country's living memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown that traumatised a nation.
Quake, tsunami, meltdown: Japan's 2011 disaster as it happened
AFP, Published on 11/03/2021
» TOKYO - It was just after quarter to three on a cold Friday afternoon when buildings across northeast Japan began to shake fiercely as one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded unleashed its fury.
Japan marks decade since 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster
AFP, Published on 11/03/2021
» HISANOHAMA (JAPAN) - Japan on Thursday marks 10 years since the worst natural disaster in the country's living memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown that traumatised a nation.
Japanese travellers on the move again
Kyodo News, Published on 20/06/2020
» TOKYO: People started travelling en masse again in Japan on Saturday, a day after the government lifted its last remaining advisories recommending against inter-prefecture travel due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Mysterious 'UFO' captures imaginations in Japan
AFP, Published on 18/06/2020
» TOKYO: It's hardly the stuff of little green men, but a mysterious balloon-like object seen floating across the skies of northern Japan has captured national attention, even prompting questions to the government.