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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Powerful typhoon nears Okinawa, affecting daily life in southwestern Japan
A large and powerful typhoon came close to Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami region in Kagoshima Prefecture on August 7.T...
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New domestically made humanoid robot designed to ease labor shortages in Japan
S/ Humanoid robot / I am D1. I am a robot designed to work alongside people.On August 5, a domestically produced humanoi...
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Hiroshima marks 81 years since atomic bombing
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 begins rebuilding amid harsh conditions a week after powerful quake
One week after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28, power restoration is making progress in...
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Emperor, Empress and Princess Aiko send condolences to Kumamoto quake victims
Kumamoto Prefecture said on August 4 that Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko had conveye...
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