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No abnormalities found at Fukushima nuclear power plants: Japan PM after m
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 14 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on Sunday said that no tsunami accompanied the earthquake that struck Saturday Fukushima Prefecture and no abnormalities were found at nuclear power plants in the affected region.
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7 magnitude quake rocks Japan's Fukushima
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Fukushima [Japan], February 13 (ANI): A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted Fukushima Prefecture in Japan, the United States Geological Survey reported on Saturday.
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Over 350,000 chickens to be culled over bird flu in Japan's Chiba prefectu
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chiba [Japan], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): About 356,000 chickens will be culled in the Japanese prefecture of Chiba over a new outbreak of the bird flu, Japanese media reported on Thursday.
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2 killed, 3 injured in helicopter crash in Southeastern France
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], February 10 (ANI): At least two persons were killed and three others injured on Tuesday (local time) in a helicopter crash in the southeastern French Savoie department, Sputnik reported citing local prefecture.
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Thousands of chickens to be culled in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture amid bird
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): About 840,000 chickens will be culled in Ibaraki Prefecture amid the spread of bird flu in Japan, Japanese media reported on Tuesday.
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Japan may extend COVID-19 emergency in 10 prefectures until March 7
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan is planning to extend the state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 prefectures, including Tokyo, until March 7, Japanese media reported on Monday, citing sources.
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Protest outside China embassy in France against Tibetan monk's brutal kill
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 31 (ANI): The Tibetan community held a demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in Paris to protest the death of Tibetan monk Tenzin Nyima, who died of injuries sustained from beatings and torture in a Chinese prison.
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Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture to introduce alert mode over UK Covid variant
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The Shizuoka prefecture in Japan is to declare a high alert mode over the spread of the UK strain of the coronavirus, which was recently found in people with no record of traveling to the United Kingdom, the NHK public broadcaster reported on Tuesday
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Japanese PM declares state of emergency in 7 Prefectures after surge in CO
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 13 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in seven additional prefectures, including Osaka and Aichi, due to the spike in coronavirus infection in the country.
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Japan's PM set to expand virus emergency to western Japan amid resurgence
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is set to expand a state of emergency declared over the COVID-19 pandemic for the Greater Tokyo area to include Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures as the virus is also continuing to surge in western Japan, sources
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Japan to expand state of emergency to Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo after surge in C
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 11 (ANI): Owing to a surge in coronavirus cases, the Japanese government on Monday started preparations to expand a state of emergency to three prefectures namely Osaka, Kyoto, and Hyogo.
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Japan's economy to shrink if state of emergency declared in Tokyo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's economy will take a sizable hit if a state of emergency is declared in Tokyo and surrounding prefectures, media reported Wednesday citing analysts.
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