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No more cute snaps of Mount Fuji over a convenience store. A screen was built to stop tourist crowds
7 months ago

No more cute snaps of Mount Fuji over a convenience store. A screen was built to stop tourist crowds

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Sorry, the screen is now up — no more snapping cute photos of Mount Fuji from a popular sidewalk spot in the Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko. Workers set up a huge black screen on a stretch of sidewalk at Fujikawaguchiko town, Yamanashi prefecture, central Japan Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Just a few weeks ago, the town began setting …

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A timeline of key moments leading to Japan planes colliding. Human error is seen as a possible cause
11 months, 2 weeks ago

A timeline of key moments leading to Japan planes colliding. Human error is seen as a possible cause

Associated Press  

It only took 18 minutes to evacuate the 379 passengers of Japan Airlines Flight 516 after their plane burst into flames just after touchdown at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Tuesday evening. A smaller coast guard Bombardier Dash-8 aircraft, preparing to take off to deliver urgent aid to quake-hit central Japan, was using the same runway when the two collided. The 379 …

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Death toll reaches 100 as survivors are found in homes smashed by western Japan earthquakes
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Death toll reaches 100 as survivors are found in homes smashed by western Japan earthquakes

Associated Press  

WAJIMA, Japan — The death toll from a major earthquake in western Japan reached 100 Saturday, as rescue workers fought aftershocks to carefully pull people from the rubble. Monday’s temblor decimated houses, twisted and scarred roads and scattered boats like toys in the waters, and prompted tsunami warnings. A man walks between collapsed houses in Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Friday, …

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Scenes of loss play out across Japan’s western coastline after quake kills 92, dozens still missing
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Scenes of loss play out across Japan’s western coastline after quake kills 92, dozens still missing

Associated Press  

SUZU, Japan — His face hidden under a humble straw hat, the man silently watched as several helmeted rescue workers carefully lifted from the rubble his wife’s body, wrapped in blue plastic on a stretcher. This scene in the city of Suzu was tragically repeated across Ishikawa Prefecture and nearby regions on the western coastline of Japan after Monday’s 7.6 …

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Search presses on for earthquake survivors as Japan grieves the lives lost
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Search presses on for earthquake survivors as Japan grieves the lives lost

Associated Press  

SUZU, Japan — Rescuers searched the rubble of collapsed homes in western Japan on Wednesday in the hopes of finding survivors of this week’s earthquake, which killed dozens of people. In this photo provided by Japanese Ministry of Defense, Japanese Self Defense Force members carry an injured person out of a collapsed house, following strong earthquakes in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, …

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Investigators focus on air traffic communication after a fatal Tokyo runway crash
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Investigators focus on air traffic communication after a fatal Tokyo runway crash

Associated Press  

TOKYO — A transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger flight was given permission to use the runway where a coast guard plane was preparing for takeoff. The burn-out Japanese coast guard aircraft is seen at rear behind the logo …

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Planes collide and catch fire at Japan’s busy Haneda airport, killing 5. Hundreds evacuated safely
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Planes collide and catch fire at Japan’s busy Haneda airport, killing 5. Hundreds evacuated safely

Associated Press  

TOKYO — A large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing five people aboard the coast guard plane, officials said. The passenger plane collided with a Japanese coast guard aircraft and burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, officials …

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Ryuji Kimura: Identity of Man Who Attempted to Assassinate Japan PM Kishida Revealed
1 year, 8 months ago

Ryuji Kimura: Identity of Man Who Attempted to Assassinate Japan PM Kishida Revealed

News 18  

Ryuji Kimura, a 24-year-old man from Hyogo Prefecture, was arrested on Saturday moments after he hurled a cylindrical object resembling a pipe-bomb at Japan prime minister Fumio Kishida before his scheduled speech at a fishing port in the Japanese city of Wakayama. On Saturday morning, when Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was campaigning for a candidate set to contest in …

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Japan prosecutors indict man for ex-PM Shinzo Abe murder: Media
1 year, 11 months ago

Japan prosecutors indict man for ex-PM Shinzo Abe murder: Media

Al Jazeera  

Suspect Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, was indicted on murder charges and violating gun laws for alleged shooting of Shinzo Abe in July 2022. Japanese prosecutors have indicted the man suspected of killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following confirmation that he was competent to stand trial, local media outlets have reported. Public Prosecutors Office in Nara District indicted Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, …

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Japan, China and South Korea brace for impact as Typhoon Hinnamnor downs trees, cuts power and suspends factory work
2 years, 3 months ago

Japan, China and South Korea brace for impact as Typhoon Hinnamnor downs trees, cuts power and suspends factory work

ABC  

Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor has knocked down trees and cut power to hundreds of households on Okinawa's Miyako Island. Key points: Airlines in Japan have cancelled flights while some companies have been forced to shut down as Typhoon Hinnamnor approaches South Korean disaster officials have raised their alert to its highest level for the the first time in five years The …

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Japanese minister visits Yasukuni shrine for war dead: Report
2 years, 4 months ago

Japanese minister visits Yasukuni shrine for war dead: Report

Al Jazeera  

Yasukuni shrine for war dead is seen in China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan’s former military aggression. Japan’s new industry minister, Yasutoshi Nishimura, has become the first member of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet to visit the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead in Tokyo, local media reported. Yasukuni is seen in China and South Korea as …

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Shinzo Abe assassination: Doctors say bullet penetrated former Japan PM's heart
2 years, 5 months ago

Shinzo Abe assassination: Doctors say bullet penetrated former Japan PM's heart

Live Mint  

Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, as per reports. Japan PM Kishida 'lost for words' after Abe assassination Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he was "lost for words" after the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe on Friday. View Full Image Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe …

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Shinzo Abe assassination: Doctors say bullet penetrated former Japan PM's heart
2 years, 5 months ago

Shinzo Abe assassination: Doctors say bullet penetrated former Japan PM's heart

Live Mint  

Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, as per reports. Japan PM Kishida 'lost for words' after Abe assassination Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he was "lost for words" after the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe on Friday. View Full Image Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe …

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US to keep close watch on Chinese Tennis player Peng Shuai
3 years, 1 month ago

US to keep close watch on Chinese Tennis player Peng Shuai

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: The US is "closely monitoring" the case of Chinese Tennis player Peng Shuai whose whereabouts have been in question after she made allegations of sexual impropriety against a former Chinese Vice President. The US State Department on Monday stated that it would keep a look at the developments in the Chinese Tennis player's disappearance and sexual allegation case, reported …

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Tokyo Olympics 2020 ceremonies director may quit over pig costume suggestion, reports Kyodo News
3 years, 9 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020 ceremonies director may quit over pig costume suggestion, reports Kyodo News

Firstpost  

Hiroshi Sasaki, an advertising executive, proposed 33-year-old entertainer Naomi Watanabe come down from the sky dressed in a swine costume for the opening ceremony in a segment dubbed “Olympig”, Kyodo news agency reported Tokyo: The director for the postponed Tokyo Olympics ceremonies plans to resign after suggesting a female entertainer dress as a pig for the opening ceremony, Japanese media …

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