Japanese public broadcaster NHK issued a false alarm about ... The same alert was sent to mobile phone users of NHK's online news distribution service. Regional tension soared after North Korea in September conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test ... ( read original story ...)
Japan public TV sends mistaken missile alert
NHK television issued the message Tuesday on its internet and mobile news sites as well as on Twitter, saying North Korea appeared to have fired a missile at Japan. It said the government was telling people to take shelter. The false alarm came two days ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sounds false alarm over North Korean missile
JAPAN has issued a false alarm telling citizens to “take shelter ... The government urges people to take shelter inside buildings or underground.” The news service corrected the error five minutes later, with an on-air host bowing deeply in apology. ( read original story ...)
Japan issues false alarm over missile launch, days after Hawaii alert gaffe
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese public broadcaster NHK issued a false alarm on ... The same alert was sent to mobile phone users of NHK's online news distribution service. In five minutes, the broadcaster put out another message on the website correcting ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese city uses emergency system to recall potentially deadly blowfish packages
TOKYO — A city in central Japan used its emergency loudspeaker system in an attempt to recall four packages of blowfish meat after discovering a fifth one contained the potentially deadly liver. No one has died. The fish, known as fugu, is an expensive ... ( read original story ...)
Japan broadcaster alerts North Korea missile launch that didn’t happen
The alert stated: “North Korea appears to have fired a missile.” The warning was sent out around 6:55 p.m. in Japan. However, the government never released any news regarding a Hermit Kingdom missile launch. A corrected version of the warning was sent ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese broadcaster apologizes after false North Korea missile alert
Tokyo (CNN)Japanese national broadcaster NHK issued an on-air apology ... The message, received by phone users with the NHK app installed on their devices, read: "NHK news alert. North Korea likely to have launched missile. The government J alert: evacuate ... ( read original story ...)
Japan News Issues North Korea Missile Launch Alert—But It’s a False Alarm
Japanese public broadcaster NHK issued a North Korean missile launch alert on Tuesday evening—but, like a warning issued in Hawaii over the weekend—it turned out to be a false alarm. The alert was published on the news channel's website and sent to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan city uses emergency loudspeaker system to recall blowfish packages
TOKYO - A city in central Japan has used its emergency loudspeaker system to recall four packages of blowfish meat after discovering a fifth one contained the potentially deadly liver. No one has died. The fish known as fugu is an expensive winter delicacy ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sees little chance of oil slick from sunk tanker reaching its coast
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan sees little chance of the oil spill from a stricken Iranian tanker that sank on Sunday in the East China Sea reaching its shores, an official at the nation’s environment ministry said on Tuesday. The large tanker Sanchi (IMO ... ( read original story ...)
Japan city uses emergency system to recall blowfish packages
(Aichi Prefectural Government's Department of Health and Public Welfare via AP) TOKYO/January 16, 2018 (AP) (STL.News) —A city in central Japan has used its emergency loudspeaker system to recall four packages of blowfish meat after discovering a fifth ... ( read original story ...)
Australia and Japan reverse tourism relationship
Back in 1998, at the height of our summer, Australian beaches were populated with Japanese tourists escaping the cold of the northern hemisphere winter. Now, hundreds of thousands of Australians escape the humidity of the southern hemisphere summer in ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese city on alert for deadly fugu blowfish
A Japanese city has broadcast emergency warnings to prevent people consuming blowfish, after potentially deadly portions were mistakenly sold. A local supermarket in Gamagori city sold five packets of fugu fish without removing the livers, which contain ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe seeking to strengthen Western Balkan ties
BELGRADE, Serbia – Japan's prime minister says his country is seeking to strengthen relations with Serbia and other Balkan countries. Shinzo Abe visited Belgrade Monday as part of a six-country European tour. He has already visited Estonia, Latvia ... ( read original story ...)
2 parties eye alliance to become Japan’s biggest opposition group
vowed to create an alliance that could challenge the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), reported Xinhua news agency. If the merger comes to fruition, the alliance would create the largest opposition group in both chambers of Japan’s parliament ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese PM pays tribute to ‘Japanese Schindler’
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday visited a memorial to a Japanese diplomat who saved 6,000 European Jews from the Holocaust by issuing visas from war-torn Lithuania, in defiance of Tokyo. Abe visited the two-story building, now a museum, which ... ( read original story ...)