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Japan orders evacuation of over 810,000 people as Typhoon Haishen approach
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 6 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 810,000 people living in Japan's southern and southwestern prefectures were ordered to immediately evacuate on Sunday due to approaching Typhoon Haishen, the NHK broadcaster reported.
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Torrential rains claim at least 52 lives in Japan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kyushu [Japan], July 7 (ANI): As more torrential rains hit Japan's southwestern region of Kyushu on Tuesday, the death toll has reached 52. Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a heavy rain emergency warning for parts of Fukuoka, Saga and Nagasaki Prefectures in Kyushu, NHK World reporte
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44 killed due to flash floods southwestern Japan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kyushu [Japan], July 6 (ANI): At least 44 persons have been killed and several others are missing following flooding and mudslides in Japan's southwestern region of Kyushu due to torrential rain.
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7 killed due to flash floods in southwestern Japan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 5 (ANI): Seven people were killed and four missing due to massive flooding triggered by torrential rain in the southwestern Japanese prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported citing local media.
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COVID-19 state of emergency lifted in Japan
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Monday that the state of emergency, imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic, would be lifted in the remaining five prefectures including Tokyo.
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COVID-19: Abe declares state of emergency in Japan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 7 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a month-long state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka, and five other prefectures in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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Japan issues tsunami alert after 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits its west co
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Jun 18 (ANI): Japan on Tuesday issued a tsunami alert after a powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Niigata and Yamagata prefectures located in the west coast of the largest Japanese island, Honshu.
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Japan's mobile-to-medal recycling campaign goes off track
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Jan 3 (ANI): An innovative project in Japan, where mobile phones and other electronic devices would be recycled for making Olympics medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has hit a roadblock.
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