Heavy snow in Tokyo shuts down Metropolitan Expressway routes for more than 50 hours

Heavy snow in Tokyo shuts down Metropolitan Expressway routes for more than 50 hours

Heavy snow that blanked the greater Tokyo area on February 5 closes routes on the Metropolitan Expressway for more than ...

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Snow removal process begins at Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

Snow removal process begins at Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

Snow removal process begins at the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.

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Killer whales trapped by sea ice off northern Japan disappear

Killer whales trapped by sea ice off northern Japan disappear

The pod of at least 10 killer whales that was trapped by sea ice off Hokkaido, northern Japan, disappears.

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Four-kilometer long rift found after Noto Peninsula Earthquake

Four-kilometer long rift found after Noto Peninsula Earthquake

After the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, the ground is found to have risen by two meters over a four-kilometer stretch in Su...

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Crown Princess Kiko attends awards ceremony for writing competition

Crown Princess Kiko attends awards ceremony for writing competition

Crown Princess Kiko attends the awards ceremony for the national youth book report competition and meets with the winner...

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Dashcams capture quake, tsunami in Ishikawa Pref.

Dashcams capture quake, tsunami in Ishikawa Pref.

Dashcams on a car capture the moment a powerful earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Jap...

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Press tour of extended Hokuriku shinkansen line

Press tour of extended Hokuriku shinkansen line

Media representatives get a preview of the extension of the Hokuriku shinkansen bullet train line that will start operat...

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Govt plans additional relief funds for Noto Peninsula quake survivors

Govt plans additional relief funds for Noto Peninsula quake survivors

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says the government plans to provide up to 3 million yen in additional relief funds for hou...

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Princess Aiko visits Japanese Red Cross where she is set to work from April

Princess Aiko visits Japanese Red Cross where she is set to work from April

Princess Aiko visits the Japanese Red Cross Society headquarters where she is scheduled to start working from April.

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Officials start collecting disaster waste in quake-hit Ishikawa

Officials start collecting disaster waste in quake-hit Ishikawa

Officials start collecting disaster waste in earthquake-hit Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture.

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