A Japanese former politician who campaigned to bring billions of dollars of investment from some of Japan’s top companies to Myanmar has urged Japan to endorse its military regime, saying the nation's ... ( read original story ...)
Weak magnitude 2.7 earthquake at 10 km depth
Detailed earthquake information - overview map, magnitude, time, depth, source, shake map, list of reports. File an "I felt it" report if you felt the quake! Features interactive map, read user ... ( read original story ...)
Little Tokyo Tradition: Visit With Shogun Santa
We speak, of course, of Shogun Santa, a spirit-raising, smile-bringing legend around Little Tokyo and far beyond the downtown neighborhood. And making time to spend time with the joyful icon, who dons ... ( read original story ...)
Deadly fire in Osaka, Japan leaves at least 24 people dead
A Japan has left at least 24 people dead and four injured, including three in critical condition. The fire began Friday morning in a psychiatry clinic on the fourth floor of the eight-storey Dojima ... ( read original story ...)
Japan billionaire Maezawa set to land in Kazakhstan after 12-day space flight
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa was set to return to earth on Monday after a 12-day journey into space, a voyage he said he saw as a dry run for his planned trip around the moon with Elon Musk's ... ( read original story ...)
Minor magnitude 2.5 earthquake at 104 km depth
Detailed earthquake information - overview map, magnitude, time, depth, source, shake map, list of reports. File an "I felt it" report if you felt the quake! Features interactive map, read user ... ( read original story ...)
The Big One: Canada floods show British Columbia is not ready for a powerful earthquake
As the province rebuilds after the atmospheric river, experts hope for a heightened focus on future hazards from quakes and global heating ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka arson suspect identified, buildings to be checked after fire killed 24 people
Japanese police on Sunday identified a 61-year-old man as a prime suspect behind a fire that engulfed a mental clinic in an eight-story building where he was a patient. ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobbyist backs Myanmar coup and urges investment
A Japanese former politician who campaigned to bring billions of dollars of investment from some of Japan’s top companies to Myanmar has urged Japan to endorse its military regime, saying the nation's ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka arson suspect identified, buildings to be checked
He quit without saying what he was up to, he said. Tanimoto trained at his father's sheet metal factory in Osaka after finishing high school, but left after his brother took over the business, Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)
Police search man’s house linked to Osaka fire
Japanese police on Saturday searched the house of one of the patients at a mental clinic where a fire gutted an entire floor in an eight-story building, killing 24 people trapped inside. An Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
Weak magnitude 2.8 earthquake at 10 km depth
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Weak magnitude 2.6 earthquake at 22 km depth
Detailed earthquake information - overview map, magnitude, time, depth, source, shake map, list of reports. File an "I felt it" report if you felt the quake! Features interactive map, read user ... ( read original story ...)
Japan police search house of suspect in deadly Osaka fire
Japanese police on Saturday searched the house of one of the patients at a mental clinic where a fire gutted an entire floor in an eight-story building, killing 24 people trapped inside. An Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
At least 24 die in Osaka blaze; police suspect arson after fire breaks out in major business district
A fire broke out Friday morning at a psychosomatic clinic in a building in central Osaka City, leaving 27 people in what was described as a state ... ( read original story ...)
Police search house of man linked to deadly Osaka fire
Japanese police on Saturday searched the house of one of the patients at a mental clinic where a fire gutted an entire floor in an eight-story building, killing 24 people trapped inside. An Osaka ... ( read original story ...)