Japan

A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck eastern Japan, including Tokyo, early Sunday, injuring 23 people across four prefectures. Most of the injuries were minor, and authorities said there was no tsunami threat.…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the disputed Kuril Islands for the first time on Thursday, triggering a strong protest from Japan, which also claims the territory. The Kremlin released video showing Putin on one of the four main…
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Rescuers worked through the night on Wednesday to find survivors after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan, killing at least 13 people, damaging roads, cutting power to tens of thousands of homes and triggering a…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi on Thursday strongly condemned Pakistan-backed terrorism and called for coordinated global action against terror outfits including Lashkar-e-Taiba and…
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A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northern Japan on Thursday, but authorities said there was no tsunami threat and no immediate reports of major damage. The earthquake occurred off the coast of Iwate prefecture, with the epicentre located…
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Japan’s government has decided to significantly increase visa fees for foreign nationals by revising the related Cabinet order, marking the first such change in nearly five decades. The revised fees, approved at a Cabinet meeting on…
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Tropical Storm Jangmi brought torrential rain and heightened flood risks across east-central Japan on Wednesday as it moved into the densely populated Tokyo metropolitan area, disrupting transport services and causing power outages. Heavy…
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China's Coast Guard said on Monday that it carried out a "law enforcement" patrol in waters east of Taiwan, describing the move as a response to plans by Japan and the Philippines to begin maritime boundary delimitation talks in an area…
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Japan’s defence minister, Koizumi Shinjirō, pushed back against accusations of “new militarism” on Sunday, questioning how a country without nuclear weapons or strategic bombers could be portrayed as a growing military threat. Speaking at…
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The US, India, Japan and Australia on Tuesday launched a new Indo-Pacific maritime surveillance initiative and unveiled a series of partnerships as foreign ministers from the four Quad nations met in New Delhi. The gathering of the Quad —…
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