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Japanese defence ministry official dispatched to Taiwan
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A serving Japanese defence ministry official has been dispatched to Taiwan and stationed within an organization that serves as a liaison with Japan, sources say, NHK World reported.
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Japan postpones launch of rocket carrying lunar lander
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
An H2A rocket carrying a probe intended to attempt the country's first lunar landing was scheduled to be launched from Japan, on Monday morning, however, the mission was postponed due to unfavourable weather, NHK reported.
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Japan: Severe tropical storm Khanun returns to Okinawa, chances of floods,
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Strong tropical storm Khanun is not anticipated to go westward any longer, as a result of which there is a strong likelihood of life-threatening landslides and floods, NHK World reported citing the weather officials.
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Japan: Explosion in Tokyo's Shimbashi, 4 injured
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to police cited by NHK-World Japan, four people are being treated for minor injuries. Two are employees from the restaurant where the explosion is believed to have taken place, while the other two are passersby.
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Ennosuke Ichikawa, Japanese kabuki star, arrested for assisting mother's s
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
After both of Kabuki actor Ennosuke Ichikawa's parents were discovered unconscious at his home last month, he was arrested on suspicion of assisting his mother's suicide, as per Al Jazeera reported, citing NHK.
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Japan
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Live footage on Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, showed Zelenskyy stepping off a French plane at an airport in Hiroshima.
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Tokyo police beefs up security ahead of G7 Hiroshima Summit
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A week before the G7 meeting that is scheduled to start from May 19-21, Tokyo Police have strengthened security in the western city of Hiroshima, NHK World reported.
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Japan's weather officials warn of landslides in Ishikawa after 6.2 magnitu
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Ishikawa prefecture may experience landslides as a result of this week's huge 6.2 magnitude earthquake, Japanese weather officials said, according to NHK World.
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Japan: Suspect Ryuji Kimura who attacked PM Kishida sued state over electo
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Ryuji Kimura, 24, who was detained on suspicion of hurling an explosive device at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, has previously sued the government over election eligibility, NHK World reported on Wednesday.
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Japan: Suspects may have used homemade pipe bomb to attack PM
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Conducting wires found on both ends of one of the cylinders, which resembled a steel pipe, led investigators to believe that the objects may be pipe bombs, as such devices have gunpowder sealed inside a cylinder which is detonated by igniting a fuse, Japan Times wrote quoting NHK.
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No possibility of missile falling on or near Hokkaido, says Japan
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Japan has said that there is no longer a possibility of a missile fired by Pyongyang falling in or near Hokkaido, NHK World reported.
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Beijing to impose no-fly zone north of Taiwan for 'aerospace activities' n
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
After carrying out a 3-day series of military drills near Taiwan, Beijing informed Taipei that a no-fly zone will be implemented north of Taiwan the following week, NHK World reported, citing Taiwan's transportation ministry on Tuesday.
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