A 12-year-old British girl visiting Japan with her family went missing on August 13.Tokyo police said on August 14 that ...

August 6 marked the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima.People started gathering at Hiroshima Peace M...

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Kumamoto Castle reopens to visitors following quake damage

Kumamoto Castle, which was closed due to earthquake damage, reopened on August 13.About 200 people lined up for the 9 a....

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8 dead as heavy rain triggers flooding and landslides in Chiba, east of Tokyo

This aerial footage was taken over the city of Oamishirasato in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, shortly after 8 a.m. on...

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 Putin visits Japan-claimed Etorofu Island for first time

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Etorofu Island, one of four Russian-controlled islands claimed by Japan, for the...

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Typhoon Chan-hom makes historic landfall north of Tokyo

Typhoon Chan-hom made landfall in southern Ibaraki Prefecture on August 11 for the first time since the Japan Meteorolog...

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Typhoon Chan-hom could hit Tokyo areas during summer break

Typhoon Chan-hom is expected to lash Japan during the country’s Obon-summer holidays. Typhoon Chan-hom is currently over...

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Landslide cuts off nearly 400 people in Nagano

390 people became stranded on August 9 after a landslide swept away a bridge on a road leading to a trailhead in Nagano ...

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Nagasaki marks 81 years since US atomic bombing

Nagasaki marked 81 years since the US atomic bombing on August 9.Representatives from 98 countries, including six nuclea...

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Prince Hisahito offers flowers at Hiroshima atomic bomb memorial

Prince Hisahito visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on August 7.This is his first official trip to the western Japanes...

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