Tag: Japan
More than 31,800 people were in emergency shelters and at least 200 buildings had collapsed….
![Rescuers race against time in search for survivors in Japan after powerful quakes leave 73 dead](https://www.newsnationnow.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2024/01/65955461e8b6a1.17756248.jpeg?w=1280)
SUZU, Japan (AP) — Japanese rescue workers and canine units urgently searched the rubble Wednesday…
All but one of the six people aboard the smaller plane died, but all 379…
![Japan quake toll rises to 62 as rescuers struggle to reach cut-off villages](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24002415383657-1704252390.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Heavy rain is forecast until Thursday, increasing the risk of landslides and further complicating relief…
The magnitude 7.5 quake that struck Ishikawa Prefecture on the main island of Honshu unleashed…
![Plane burns on runway at Tokyo airport after collision, five dead](https://www.newsnationnow.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2024/01/plane-fire.jpg?w=1280)
TOKYO (AP) — A passenger plane and a Japan Coast Guard plane collided on the…
The magnitude 7.5 quake that struck Ishikawa Prefecture on the main island of Honshu triggered…
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At least 20 people have reportedly died since the magnitude 7.6 quake struck the West…
![Japan issues tsunami warnings after a series of very strong earthquakes on the Sea of Japan coast](https://www.newsnationnow.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2024/01/659287362ec706.24312849.jpeg?w=1280)
YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press Updated: January 1, 2024 / 3:34 am CST A tsunami warning…
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A pacifist nation’s sweeping overhaul of weapons restrictions in a decade comes amid rising security…