Fukushima Update #85<br>TEPCO officials on trial

Fukushima Update #85
TEPCO officials on trial

Three former TEPCO officials and their disaster planning skills are on trial for deaths caused by the 2011 tsunami and n...

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6 dead as rains hammer Kyushu

6 dead as rains hammer Kyushu

6 are dead and over 40 missing as record rains slam Kyushu, southwest Japan.

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Red imported fire ants discovered in Tokyo

Red imported fire ants discovered in Tokyo

An ant captured at a pier in Tokyo is confirmed as a poisonous red imported fire ant or RIFA, marking the fifth place th...

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450,000 under emergency rain warnings in southwest Japan

450,000 under emergency rain warnings in southwest Japan

The Meteorological Agency maintains emergency rain warnings for northern Kyushu Island, southwest Japan, urging 450,000 ...

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Record rains slam Kyushu

Record rains slam Kyushu

10 are missing as violent rains slam Fukuoka and Oita Prefectures on Kyushu Island, western Japan.

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Princess Mako and fiancé to meet press

Princess Mako and fiancé to meet press

Japan's Princess Mako and her fiancé Kei Komuro will meet the press for the first time since the news of their upcoming ...

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Record rain drowns man in Hiroshima

Record rain drowns man in Hiroshima

Record rain drowns an elderly man caught in a flooded river in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Heavy rain triggers evacuation order for tens of thousands

Heavy rain triggers evacuation order for tens of thousands

The Meteorological Agency issues a heavy rain emergency warning for parts of Shimane Prefecture in western Japan, urging...

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Temperatures soar from east to west

Temperatures soar from east to west

Temperatures in Tokyo soar to the hottest of the year as Japan experiences a heatwave.

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Shiki-shima stranded for 8 hours

Shiki-shima stranded for 8 hours

The brand-new Shiki-shima luxury train gets stranded on the tracks for more than eight hours in northern Japan.

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