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Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga told a news conference that Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui “lacked consideration for the Okinawan people,” after Matsui expressed appreciation for the work of his police officers on Wednesday, a day after one of them called the ... ( read original story ...)

A 72-year-old retired soldier blew himself up in a park in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya, killing himself and injuring three other people in an apparent suicide, state broadcaster NHK reported. A second explosion, separate from the blast that killed the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 shakes western Japan, but there is no danger of a tsunami being caused. The Meteorological Agency said the earthquake occurred Friday at 2:10 p.m. local time in Japan's western prefecture ... ( read original story ...)

The explosions occurred at a park in Utsunomiya, some 100km north of Tokyo, shortly after 11:30am local time, a fire department spokesman said. The Japan Times reported a festival that taught traditional culture had been underway at the time. It was not ... ( read original story ...)

three have been injured, according to the local fire department. The twin explosions occurred in a park in Utsunomiya, around 60 miles (100 kilometres) north of Tokyo. Authorities are unsure what caused the blasts. ( read original story ...)

The explosions occurred at a park in Utsunomiya, some 100 kilometres north of Tokyo, shortly after 11:30 am, a fire department spokesman said. It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts. “One person was found dead,” the fire department ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Two near-simultaneous blasts in a Japanese park on Sunday (Oct 23) killed one person and injured at least three others. The explosions occurred at a park in Utsunomiya, some 100km (60 miles) north of Tokyo, shortly after 11.30am (0230 GMT), a fire ... ( read original story ...)