Daigo Fukuryu Maru survivor account

Daigo Fukuryu Maru survivor account

85-year-old Daigo Fukuryu Maru survivor Matashichi Oishi recounts his experience of being exposed to radioactive fallout...

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Daigo Fukuryu Maru - Japan's 3rd encounter with nuclear fallout

Daigo Fukuryu Maru - Japan's 3rd encounter with nuclear fallout

A museum in Tokyo houses the Daigo Fukuryu Maru, a fishing boat where 23 crew members were exposed to radiation on March...

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Typhoon Krosa slams western Japan

Typhoon Krosa slams western Japan

Typhoon Krosa makes landfall in Hiroshima and slams western Japan with high winds and rain while cancelling flight and t...

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Japan marks 74th anniversary of end of WWII

Japan marks 74th anniversary of end of WWII

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a memorial service for the war dead at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo as Japan comme...

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Typhoon Krosa stops trains, planes

Typhoon Krosa stops trains, planes

Powerful Typhoon Krosa disrupts public transportation, affecting vacationers in western Japan during the Obon holiday pe...

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Hairy fish

Hairy fish

Locals in Aomori, northern Japan, find fish with algae growing from their heads that looks like hair.

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Giant panda Saihin turns 1

Giant panda Saihin turns 1

Saihin, a giant panda at Wakayama's Adventure World, celebrates her first birthday.

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Hunters kill bear near residential area of Sapporo

Hunters kill bear near residential area of Sapporo

Hunters shoot and kill a bear near a residential area of Sapporo after it is spotted around the city for 9 consecutive d...

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Powerful typhoon may land on Japan this week

Powerful typhoon may land on Japan this week

Powerful Typhoon Krosa is headed for Japan's main islands and could make landfall this week.

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Researchers film shark attacking seal

Researchers film shark attacking seal

A Japanese research group captures video of a great white shark attacking a seal for the first time ever.

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