Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued an emergency earthquake warning at 12:36 p.m. JST after initial automated data suggested a potentially catastrophic magnitude 9.9 earthquake near the Kuril Islands. The alert warned of possible maximum seismic intensity 7 shaking across parts of Hokkaido, Toho...
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TSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- The central Japan prefecture of Mie on Friday enacted the country's first ordinance to impose penalties on abusive customers, su
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TOKYO -- The family of a man who died of testicular cancer while detained at the Saitama Branch Detention House, north of Tokyo, reached a settlement
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's weather agency canceled an earthquake warning on Friday shortly after it was issued for a wide area extending from Hokkaido t
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a bill to allow police to remotely access smartphones used by crime ring members, in a bid to dete
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's top two airlines said Thursday they will raise fuel surcharges on international flights for tickets to be issued in November
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Friday morning, supported by buybacks after the Nikkei stock index lost over 3,300 points the previous day, althoug
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TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's comments about the additional work she has to take on as a woman compared to her male predecess
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of foreign residents in Japan hit a record 4.28 million at the end of June, accounting for 3.4 percent of the total popula
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of foreigners holding business manager visas who left Japan without applying for reentry permits nearly quadrupled in the
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's weather agency said Thursday that the year's 30th typhoon has formed, making 2026 the first year since 2013 to see 30 or more
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the Burger King hamburger chain in Japan on Thursday became the latest company to report a data breach, with 11.18 mi
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Russian intelligence authorities have detained a male reporter from Japan's Hokkaido Shimbun Press stationed in Sakhalin Oblast in the Far East, trans
