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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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Japanese Fisherman Stabs To Death Dozens Of Protected Sea Turtles
A frustrated fisherman has confessed that he stabbed to death dozens of protected sea turtles on a southern Japanese island after they got caught in his fishing nets, local officials say.
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Watch: Japan's Mount Aso Volcano Erupts, Shoots Ash 11,500 Feet Into Sky
Mount Aso, a volcano in the tourist destination on the main southern island of Kyushu in Japan, sent plumes of ash 3.5 km high when it erupted on Wednesday, prompting warnings of lava flows and falling rocks.
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US Air Force B-52 Bombers Training In "Vicinity" Of South China Sea
U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers have carried out training in the "vicinity" of the South China Sea and the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, the Air Force said on Friday, in what a Chinese newspaper linked to China's drills near Taiwan.
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'Get Used To It' China Says As It Flies Bombers Near Japan
China told Japan on Friday to "get used to it" after it flew six warplanes over the Miyako Strait between two southern Japanese islands in a military exercise.
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Japan, US Set To Sign Pact To Limit US Base Worker Immunity
Japan and the US have agreed in principle on guidelines for limiting immunity from Japanese prosecution for civilian workers at American military bases, following a murder case this year on a southern Japanese island involving a Marine-turned-contractor, officials said on Monday.
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US Forces In Okinawa Hold Month Of Mourning For Murdered Japanese Woman
The US military today announced a 30-day period of mourning at its bases on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, where the killing of a woman has reignited resentment of the heavy US military presence in the region.
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Second Deadly Earthquake Hits Japan, 'Race Against Time' To Find Survivors
Japanese rescuers were digging through the rubble of buildings and mud on Saturday to reach dozens believed trapped after a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck a southern island, killing at least 32 people and injuring about a thousand.
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Japan Quake Breaches Historic Walls Of 400-Year-Old Kumamoto Castle
The deadly earthquakes that struck the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Thursday and Saturday breached the walls of Kumamoto Castle which had previously withstood bombardment and fire in its four centuries of existence.
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'Large' Chinese Military Fleet Flies Near Japan Islands: Reports
Japan scrambled jets after 11 Chinese military planes flew near southern Japanese islands during what Beijing said was a drill to improve its long-range combat abilities, reports said Saturday.
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Okinawan Artefacts Latest Thorn in US Base Relocation
The discovery of old pottery shards and artefacts on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa could delay relocation work for a US military base, officials said Friday, the latest twist in a long-running battle over the unpopular project.
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Okinawa Governor Revokes Controversial US Base Approval
The governor of Okinawa Tuesday revoked approval for work on a US air base on the southern Japanese island, in the latest setback to the controversial plan.
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Volcano Erupts on Japanese Island, Evacuation Ordered, Airlines Diverted
A volcano on the remote southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabujima erupted suddenly on Friday, blasting plumes of black smoke high into the sky, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of the island's residents and forcing airlines to divert some flights.
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Evacuation Ordered in Japanese Island After Volcanic Eruption
A volcano on the southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabujima erupted suddenly today, blasting plumes of black smoke high into the sky and prompting Japan to raise the alert level to five, the highest possible, NHK national television said.
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Japanese Prime Minister and Southern Island Governor Clashes Over US Air base
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the governor of the southern island of Okinawa clashed today over the relocation of a contentious US air base, an irritant in US-Japan ties, a week before Abe's high-profile visit to the United States.
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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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Japanese Fisherman Stabs To Death Dozens Of Protected Sea Turtles
A frustrated fisherman has confessed that he stabbed to death dozens of protected sea turtles on a southern Japanese island after they got caught in his fishing nets, local officials say.
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Watch: Japan's Mount Aso Volcano Erupts, Shoots Ash 11,500 Feet Into Sky
Mount Aso, a volcano in the tourist destination on the main southern island of Kyushu in Japan, sent plumes of ash 3.5 km high when it erupted on Wednesday, prompting warnings of lava flows and falling rocks.
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US Air Force B-52 Bombers Training In "Vicinity" Of South China Sea
U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers have carried out training in the "vicinity" of the South China Sea and the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, the Air Force said on Friday, in what a Chinese newspaper linked to China's drills near Taiwan.
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'Get Used To It' China Says As It Flies Bombers Near Japan
China told Japan on Friday to "get used to it" after it flew six warplanes over the Miyako Strait between two southern Japanese islands in a military exercise.
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Japan, US Set To Sign Pact To Limit US Base Worker Immunity
Japan and the US have agreed in principle on guidelines for limiting immunity from Japanese prosecution for civilian workers at American military bases, following a murder case this year on a southern Japanese island involving a Marine-turned-contractor, officials said on Monday.
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US Forces In Okinawa Hold Month Of Mourning For Murdered Japanese Woman
The US military today announced a 30-day period of mourning at its bases on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, where the killing of a woman has reignited resentment of the heavy US military presence in the region.
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Second Deadly Earthquake Hits Japan, 'Race Against Time' To Find Survivors
Japanese rescuers were digging through the rubble of buildings and mud on Saturday to reach dozens believed trapped after a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck a southern island, killing at least 32 people and injuring about a thousand.
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Japan Quake Breaches Historic Walls Of 400-Year-Old Kumamoto Castle
The deadly earthquakes that struck the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Thursday and Saturday breached the walls of Kumamoto Castle which had previously withstood bombardment and fire in its four centuries of existence.
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'Large' Chinese Military Fleet Flies Near Japan Islands: Reports
Japan scrambled jets after 11 Chinese military planes flew near southern Japanese islands during what Beijing said was a drill to improve its long-range combat abilities, reports said Saturday.
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Okinawan Artefacts Latest Thorn in US Base Relocation
The discovery of old pottery shards and artefacts on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa could delay relocation work for a US military base, officials said Friday, the latest twist in a long-running battle over the unpopular project.
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Okinawa Governor Revokes Controversial US Base Approval
The governor of Okinawa Tuesday revoked approval for work on a US air base on the southern Japanese island, in the latest setback to the controversial plan.
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Volcano Erupts on Japanese Island, Evacuation Ordered, Airlines Diverted
A volcano on the remote southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabujima erupted suddenly on Friday, blasting plumes of black smoke high into the sky, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of the island's residents and forcing airlines to divert some flights.
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Evacuation Ordered in Japanese Island After Volcanic Eruption
A volcano on the southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabujima erupted suddenly today, blasting plumes of black smoke high into the sky and prompting Japan to raise the alert level to five, the highest possible, NHK national television said.
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Japanese Prime Minister and Southern Island Governor Clashes Over US Air base
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the governor of the southern island of Okinawa clashed today over the relocation of a contentious US air base, an irritant in US-Japan ties, a week before Abe's high-profile visit to the United States.
