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COVID-19: Japan govt considering declaring emergency in Tokyo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 4 (ANI): Japanese government is preparing to declare another state of emergency in Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures, due to the spike in coronavirus infections in the country, Kyodo News reported citing a source on Monday.
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Pilot dies as helicopter crashes in Japan
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): A helicopter has crashed in the eastern Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka leaving the pilot dead, Japan's media reported on Thursday.
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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits Japan's Ibaraki prefecture near Tokyo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): A magnitude 5.1 earthquake on Wednesday hit Japan's Ibaraki prefecture not far from Tokyo, the country's meteorological agency said.
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6.3 magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Aomori Prefecture, no tsunami warn
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Aomori [Japan], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 struck off Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
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5.0-magnitude quake strikes Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture region
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 16 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck the Hokkaido region in Japan's northernmost prefecture, the Japanese weather agency said Wednesday.
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Japan's daily COVID-19 cases top 3,000-mark
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan logged a record of 3,037 daily COVID-19 cases on Saturday, surpassing 3,000 for the first time as Tokyo and several other prefectures marked records in a single day amid a resurgence of infections.
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Bird flu detected at chicken farm in Japan's Hiroshima
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hiroshima [Japan], December 7 (ANI): Bird flu has been detected at a chicken farm in Hiroshima prefecture, The Japan Times reported citing local government officials on Monday.
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Bird flu outbreak detected in third Japanese prefecture
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 26 (ANI): Japan has reported an outbreak of bird flu, detected in a third Japanese prefecture on Thursday.
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Another avian flu outbreak detected in Japan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik); Japan's southern Kagawa prefecture detected another avian flu outbreak in the Mitoyo city on Saturday and is set to cull 77,000 chickens, the NHK broadcaster reported.
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Police arrest 4 people for 'significant damage' in unrest near school in F
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Security forces have arrested four individuals amid unrest that erupted in front of a school building in the northern French Compiegne commune, the local prefecture reported on Monday.
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Olympic torch relay to start its journey on March 25
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday announced that the Olympic Torch Relay will start its journey on March 25, 2021, from the J-Village National Training Centre in Fukushima Prefecture, and then traverse all 47 prefectures across Ja
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6.1-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, no tsunami warn
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 12 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck off Miyagi Prefecture in Japan on Saturday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
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