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<!-- -->Four people have been confirmed dead in the powerful earthquake that rocked Japan.Tokyo: Eight civilians, including a child, were killed Monday during exchanges of fire between the army and rebels in northwestern Syria,…
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<!-- -->A powerful earthquake had hit Japan.Tokyo: The tsunami threat from a powerful earthquake that struck central Japan on Monday has "largely passed", a US agency said, after waves over a metre high had earlier hit some…
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<!-- -->The new island was formed near the crater of the undersea volcano.Eruptions from an underwater volcano have created a new island off the coast of Japan. The islet lies in the Ogasawara island chain more than 1,000…
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<!-- -->Fumio Kishida promised "drastic" economic measures after reshuffling his cabinet. (File)Tokyo: Japan's prime minister promised "drastic" economic measures on Wednesday after reshuffling his cabinet and increasing the number…
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<!-- -->In Beijing, a spokesperson at the Japanese embassy told AFP that staff were "extremely worried".Beijing: Japan said Tuesday that harassment being faced by Japanese in China after the release of water from the Fukushima…
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<!-- -->The discharge will take around 30 years to complete.Tokyo: Japan began releasing wastewater from the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, 12 years after it suffered one of the world's…
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<!-- -->North Korea has launched a "suspected ballistic missile," Japan said.Tokyo: North Korea has launched a "suspected ballistic missile," Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's office wrote Thursday on X, formerly known as…
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<!-- -->The decision came same day the Japanese government announced it would start discharging the waterHong Kong: Hong Kong will ban "aquatic products" from 10 Japanese prefectures, a government minister said Tuesday, after city…
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Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tonnes of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean on Aug. 24, putting into motion a plan that has drawn strong…
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<!-- -->Tokyo: Iran's foreign minister Amir Abdollahian will visit Japan on Sunday and meet his Japanese counterpart and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, broadcaster TBS reported on Friday.Japan will tell Iran to stop weapon…
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