Japan's PM Abe to attend Pyeongchang Olympic opening ceremony

Japan's PM Abe to attend Pyeongchang Olympic opening ceremony

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea in ...

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Search continues after eruption in Gunma

Search continues after eruption in Gunma

Police and firefighters continue their search for survivors a day after Mount Kusatsu-Shirane erupted.

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Survivors speak of narrow escape in Kusatsu eruption

Survivors speak of narrow escape in Kusatsu eruption

People injured in a volcanic eruption at the Kusatsu ski resort in central Japan speak of their close call.

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New US military copter emergency landing

New US military copter emergency landing

Another US military helicopter has made an emergency landing in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture.

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Thousands stranded in snowbound Tokyo

Thousands stranded in snowbound Tokyo

Heavy snow disrupts traffic in Tokyo.

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Mountain erupts and rocks rain on skiers in Gunma

Mountain erupts and rocks rain on skiers in Gunma

11 skiers are injured and a Self Defense-Forces member dies as rocks rain down from an erupting mountain in Gunma Prefec...

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Heavy snow snarls Tokyo commuters

Heavy snow snarls Tokyo commuters

23 centimeters of snow wreaks havoc on the evening commute in Japan's capital.

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Interstellar Technologies displays MOMO 2

Interstellar Technologies displays MOMO 2

A venture capital firm aiming to put Japan's first civilian rocket in space shows off its new MOMO 2.

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Kyoto U. stem cell researcher fabricated results

Kyoto U. stem cell researcher fabricated results

Kyoto University says a researcher at its iPS stem cell institute engaged in fabrication and falsification.

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Tokyo conducts missile attack drill

Tokyo conducts missile attack drill

The city of Tokyo conducts a missile attack drill in preparation for a possible North Korean ICBM strike.

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