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All posts tagged "Japan"

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  Powerful quake strikes off Japan; no tsunami warning

  TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck near remote Japanese islands and shook most of the country Saturday evening, but it occurred well beneath the earth’s surface and did not trigger a tsunami warning. Several people suffered...

  • Posted May 30, 2015
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  Ladies’ Code to hold memorial concert for lost members in Japan

  K-pop girl group Ladies’ Code will hold a memorial concert for members RiSe and EunB, who died in a car crash last September, Yonhap reported. Polaris Entertainment said Friday the concert would take place August 22 inside...

  • Posted May 29, 2015
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• Volcano erupts on small southern Japanese island; residents urged to evacuate

  TOKYO (AP) — A volcano erupted on a small island in southern Japan on Monday morning, and authorities ordered residents to evacuate the island. Mount Shindake erupted about 10 a.m. (0100 GMT) in spectacular fashion, sending a...

  • Posted May 28, 2015
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  Envoys from S. Korea, US, Japan discuss N.Korean nuke threat

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The top nuclear envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Wednesday on the need to increase pressure on North Korea and urged the country to engage in serious negotiations...

  • Posted May 27, 2015
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  Ex-Japanese PM urges Tokyo to resolve sex slave issue

  SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) — Japan should move first to resolve the ongoing row with South Korea over the Japanese military’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, a former Japanese prime minister said Wednesday....

  • Posted May 20, 2015
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• Strong quake shakes northeast Japan, no tsunami risk

  TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake has hit Japan in the same region devastated by a major quake and tsunami in 2011. Authorities said there is no risk of tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency put the preliminary...

  • Posted May 12, 2015
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  Japan to offer ‘crying rooms’ to women for stress relief

  By John-Patrick Gerard Thackeray Japan will introduce hotel rooms for women “to cry the stress away.” The “crying rooms” will be tested in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo and will offer scented tissues, make-up and movies specifically...

  • Posted May 6, 2015
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