From mechanical issues to hurricane risks to regulatory hurdles that can constitute criminal offenses, it’s a quagmire that the industry, whose plight was on full display in Japan with virus-hit ships ... ( read original story ...)
Deadly floods and landslides in Japan – in pictures
Heavy rainfall that caused deadly floods in southern Japan has moved north-east, hammering large areas of the country’s main island, swelling rivers, triggering mudslides and destroying homes and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s devastating rains move north as millions told to evacuate
Heavy downpours in southern Japan, which have killed more than 50, now battering the country’s main island ... ( read original story ...)
Japan battered by more heavy rain, floods, nearly 60 dead
By Wednesday morning, parts of Nagano and Gifu in central Japan were flooded by massive downpours. Footage on NHK television showed swollen water in the Hida River gouging into the embankment, ... ( read original story ...)
Rain Pounds Central Japan, 55 Feared Dead In South
The weather front was now moving north, and on Wednesday morning the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued warnings for Gifu and Nagano prefectures in central Japan, though it downgraded the ... ( read original story ...)
Masks, Disinfectant, Social Distancing: Japan Responds to Disaster Amid Coronavirus
Masks, Disinfectant, Social Distancing: Japan Responds to Disaster Amid Coronavirus Yatsushiro, JAPAN (Reuters) - Boxes of surgical masks, bottles of disinfectant and a sign saying "Please wear a mask ... ( read original story ...)
‘Brief shining of the light’: Japan’s fireflies dance – and mate – in isolation amid Covid-19
Next year visitors to Tatsuno ‘will once again see fireflies dance wonderfully’, says mayor ... ( read original story ...)
With Festival Cancelled By Virus, Japan Fireflies Dance Alone
As the sun sets in the Japanese town of Tatsuno, thousands of fireflies begin glowing, producing a spectacle that usually draws crowds of delighted visitors. But this year, the dance of the ... ( read original story ...)
Man, 37, accused of fatally stabbing acquaintance in Sapporo
Hokkaido Prefectural Police have arrested a 37-year-old man over the alleged fatal stabbing of a male acquaintance in Sapporo City on Mond ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Display shares tumble 6% after media report on Apple’s full shift to OLED
Shares of Apple supplier Japan Display Inc fell as much as 6% early on Wednesday after a media report that Apple will use OLED screens for all its forthcoming fifth-generation (5G) iPhones this year. ( read original story ...)
52 dead in Japan floods as more troops join rescue
Japan will deploy more troops to search for survivors of devastating floods and landslides that have killed at least 52 people in the southwest of the country, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama’s 115R all-season Class 4-5 tire now available
Yokohama Tire announced that its 115R all-season all-position tire for Class 4 and 5 vehicles, which debuted at the TMC Show in February, is now available in size 225/70R19.5 (14). The tire is ... ( read original story ...)
Multiple Purkinje cell types: A new logic of cerebellar organization in zebrafish
In a study published in PNAS, researchers from Karolinska Institutet, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Nagoya University, and Technische Universität Braunschweig show an undiscovered ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama 714R regional pickup, delivery tire now available
Yokohama Tire’s all-new 714R will deliver year-round. Engineered for urban pick-up/delivery applications, the open shoulder drive tire, which debuted at the TMC show in February, is now available in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan flooding death toll rises to 53, a dozen missing as torrential rains spread through region
Search and rescue crews in Japan fanned out across towns in the country's southern region on Tuesday as the death toll from devastating flooding ticked upwards as more heavy rain is expected. ( read original story ...)
More rescue efforts deploy in Japan
Posted . Japan on Tuesday warned of more heavy rain on the southwestern island of Kyushu and bolstered rescue operations as the de ... ( read original story ...)