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5.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan, Tsunami Warning Issued
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan's Izu Islands on Tuesday, the USGS said, triggering local weather authorities to issue a tsunami warning for the remote Pacific area off Tokyo.
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3,000-Year-Old Cedar Tree Knocked Over By Typhoon Shanshan In Japan: Report
A massive 3,000-year-old cedar on Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan has been toppled, apparently due to strong winds brought by Typhoon Shanshan, local media reported.
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Typhoon Makes Landfall On Japanese Island Of Kyushu: Weather Office
A major typhoon made landfall on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu on Thursday morning, the weather office said.
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Thousands Urged to Evacuate Amid Fears of "Violent" Typhoon in Japan
Japan braced Wednesday for its strongest typhoon of the year, with authorities advising tens of thousands of people to evacuate and issuing the highest warning level for wind and storm surges on the main southern island of Kyushu.
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Japan's Claim Of Airspace Breach By Military Plane Being Verified By China
China said Tuesday it was "verifying" claims by Japan of the first confirmed incursion by a Chinese military aircraft into its airspace.
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Japan Earthquake On January 1 Shifted Coastline Over 800 Feet, Show Satellite Photos
The satellite images have been shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Nahel Belgherze, who covers extreme weather events around the world.
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China Vessels Enter Disputed Waters Despite Japan's "Repeated" Warnings
The Chinese coastguard said it patrolled the territorial waters of the Diaoyu Islands on Thursday to conduct "right protection".
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"Deeply Shocked": 'RRR' Star Jr NTR Returns From Earthquake-Hit Japan
"RRR" star Jr NTR on Tuesday morning said he had returned from Japan and wished for its swift recovery after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the island country.
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6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Japan's Kuril Islands, No Deaths Reported
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Japan's Kuril Islands on Thursday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.
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Video: Thousands Of Dead Fish Mysteriously Wash Up On Japan Beach, Officials Stumped
The fish washed ashore in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, covering a stretch of beach about half a mile long.
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New Island Emerges From Sea After Eruptions From Underwater Volcano Off The Coast Of Japan
New islands have emerged in the region in the past but all of them submerged within months due to harsh sea conditions.
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Japan Elevates Taiwan Security Ties In Move Likely To Anger China: Report
Japan has appointed a serving government official to act as its de facto defence attache in Taiwan, four sources said, elevating security ties in a move likely to anger China, which claims the strategic, democratic island as its own.
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"Calm And Resolute": Japan Joins India, Others In Rejecting New China Map
Japan has joined India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan to lodge protests against China over its new "standard map" for including the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea as part of its territory.
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Japan Scrambles Jet After Chinese Military Drone Spotted Near Taiwan
Japan's defence ministry said on Monday it scrambled a fighter jet to monitor a Chinese BZK-005 military drone spotted flying between Japan's westernmost Yonaguni island and Taiwan in the morning.
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Japan Postpones ‘Moon Sniper’ Rocket Launch Carrying NASA, ESA-Made Satellite, for Third Time
Japan's space agency on Monday postponed for the third time the launch of its "Moon Sniper" lunar mission due to poor weather. The H2-A rocket due to blast off from the southern island of Tanegashima was also carrying a research satellite developed with NASA and the European Space Agency.
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5.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan, Tsunami Warning Issued
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan's Izu Islands on Tuesday, the USGS said, triggering local weather authorities to issue a tsunami warning for the remote Pacific area off Tokyo.
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3,000-Year-Old Cedar Tree Knocked Over By Typhoon Shanshan In Japan: Report
A massive 3,000-year-old cedar on Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan has been toppled, apparently due to strong winds brought by Typhoon Shanshan, local media reported.
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Typhoon Makes Landfall On Japanese Island Of Kyushu: Weather Office
A major typhoon made landfall on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu on Thursday morning, the weather office said.
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Thousands Urged to Evacuate Amid Fears of "Violent" Typhoon in Japan
Japan braced Wednesday for its strongest typhoon of the year, with authorities advising tens of thousands of people to evacuate and issuing the highest warning level for wind and storm surges on the main southern island of Kyushu.
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Japan's Claim Of Airspace Breach By Military Plane Being Verified By China
China said Tuesday it was "verifying" claims by Japan of the first confirmed incursion by a Chinese military aircraft into its airspace.
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Japan Earthquake On January 1 Shifted Coastline Over 800 Feet, Show Satellite Photos
The satellite images have been shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Nahel Belgherze, who covers extreme weather events around the world.
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China Vessels Enter Disputed Waters Despite Japan's "Repeated" Warnings
The Chinese coastguard said it patrolled the territorial waters of the Diaoyu Islands on Thursday to conduct "right protection".
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"Deeply Shocked": 'RRR' Star Jr NTR Returns From Earthquake-Hit Japan
"RRR" star Jr NTR on Tuesday morning said he had returned from Japan and wished for its swift recovery after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the island country.
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6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Japan's Kuril Islands, No Deaths Reported
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Japan's Kuril Islands on Thursday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.
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Video: Thousands Of Dead Fish Mysteriously Wash Up On Japan Beach, Officials Stumped
The fish washed ashore in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, covering a stretch of beach about half a mile long.
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New Island Emerges From Sea After Eruptions From Underwater Volcano Off The Coast Of Japan
New islands have emerged in the region in the past but all of them submerged within months due to harsh sea conditions.
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Japan Elevates Taiwan Security Ties In Move Likely To Anger China: Report
Japan has appointed a serving government official to act as its de facto defence attache in Taiwan, four sources said, elevating security ties in a move likely to anger China, which claims the strategic, democratic island as its own.
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"Calm And Resolute": Japan Joins India, Others In Rejecting New China Map
Japan has joined India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan to lodge protests against China over its new "standard map" for including the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea as part of its territory.
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Japan Scrambles Jet After Chinese Military Drone Spotted Near Taiwan
Japan's defence ministry said on Monday it scrambled a fighter jet to monitor a Chinese BZK-005 military drone spotted flying between Japan's westernmost Yonaguni island and Taiwan in the morning.
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Japan Postpones ‘Moon Sniper’ Rocket Launch Carrying NASA, ESA-Made Satellite, for Third Time
Japan's space agency on Monday postponed for the third time the launch of its "Moon Sniper" lunar mission due to poor weather. The H2-A rocket due to blast off from the southern island of Tanegashima was also carrying a research satellite developed with NASA and the European Space Agency.
