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Search locates nine people from tour boat missing off northern Japan

Rescue helicopters have found nine of the 26 people from a missing tour boat in the frigid waters of northern Japan. But the Japanese Coast Guard could not confirm if any of the people were alive. Rescuers intensified their search earlier on Sunday ...

24 Apr 2022 at 07:25

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Ten of 26 people from sunken Japan tour boat confirmed dead

Rescuers say 10 people who were retrieved from the sea and the rocky coast of a northern Japanese national park had died, a day after a tour boat with 26 aboard apparently sank in rough waters. The search for the others is still ongoing after the ...

24 Apr 2022 at 13:25

UK and Japan agree defence deal as Johnson warns of ‘autocratic powers’ threat

The UK and Japan have agreed a defence deal that will allow their national forces to “work more closely together”, according to Boris Johnson. The Prime Minister, speaking in Downing Street alongside his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, said ...

05 May 2022 at 13:55

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Japanese Prime Minister and Pope discuss nuclear arms after North Korea test

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Pope Francis and top Vatican officials in talks about the need for “a world free of nuclear weapons”, the Vatican said. The meeting came as nuclear-armed Russia pressed its war in Ukraine and after ...

04 May 2022 at 14:25

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North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea off east coast

North Korea on Sunday launched a suspected ballistic missile into sea, South Korean and Japanese officials said, in the North’s apparent eighth round of weapons tests so far this year. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that the ...

27 Feb 2022 at 01:55

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Toyota to suspend production at its 14 plants in Japan

Toyota is suspending production at all 28 lines of its 14 plants in Japan starting on Tuesday, because of a “system malfunction” at a domestic supplier, the carmaker said. Public broadcaster NHK TV and other Japanese media said a major ...

28 Feb 2022 at 13:25

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North Korea testing new ICBMs, US says and warns more coming

The Biden administration says two North Korean missile launches in recent weeks were test firings of a powerful new long-range ICBM, and warned that a full-range test could soon follow. The tests were of a missile reportedly larger ...

10 Mar 2022 at 22:25

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Honda and Sony join forces for new electric vehicle

Japan’s Honda and Sony are joining forces to produce an electric vehicle by 2025. The project aims to bring together Honda’s expertise in mobility development, technology and sales with Sony’s imaging, telecommunication, network ...

04 Mar 2022 at 09:55

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Japan-US marine combat drills held amid fears over Chinese and Russian activity

Japanese and US marines have undergone their first airborne landing and combat training together near Mount Fuji as the two allies strengthen military cooperation amid growing maritime activity by China and Russia in the ...

15 Mar 2022 at 13:25

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Cancer lawsuit launched over Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster

Six people who were children living in Fukushima at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster and have since developed thyroid cancer filed a lawsuit demanding a utility pay compensation for their illnesses, which they say ...

27 Jan 2022 at 09:55

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New US envoy vows to strengthen alliance in meeting with Japanese PM

The new US ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, had pledged to work “wholeheartedly” to deepen Washington’s alliance with Tokyo as he met with prime minister Fumio Kishida. The two discussed China’s increasingly ...

04 Feb 2022 at 10:25

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Toyota looks to the moon and beyond with new lunar vehicle

Toyota is working with Japan’s space agency to produce a lunar exploration vehicle as part of its ambitions to help people live on the moon by 2040, and beyond that – Mars. The vehicle being developed with ...

28 Jan 2022 at 11:25

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