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
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 ...)
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 ...)
Japan police search house of man linked to deadly Osaka fire
Police and fire officials on Saturday returned to the site in the middle of Osaka’s main business section of Kitashinchi. Media reports including NHK national television said they found traces of oil ... ( read original story ...)
Police search house of man linked to fire that killed 24 in Osaka building
Japanese police have searched the house of one of the patients at a mental clinic where a fire gutted an entire floor in an eight-storey building, killing 24 people trapped inside.An Osaka police ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake disaster countermeasures and prevention event to be held in February
In February, a magnitude 7.3 occurred just off the coast of Fukushima. This quake led to the observation of seismic intensity over 5 in Tokyo for the first time in 10 years since the Great East Japan ... ( read original story ...)
More than 20 feared dead in building fire in Osaka, Japan
The fire started on the fourth floor of an eight-story building in the major business and entertainment area of Kitashinchi, fire officials say. Police are investigation arson as a possible cause. ( read original story ...)
Japan: 19 killed in Osaka building fire — reports
At least 19 have died after suffering a cardiac arrest from a fire that broke out in a building in the western Japanese city. Police are investigating arson as a possible cause. ( read original story ...)
27 people feared dead after fire break out in a building in Japan’s Osaka
Twenty-seven people are feared dead after a fire broke out in a building in Osaka in western Japan, fire department officials said ... ( read original story ...)