The massive earthquake that jolted the Philippines on Monday morning has claimed at least 37 lives, injured hundreds more, and forced tens of thousands of people to seek shelter.
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A huge hose estimated to weigh 300 tons has washed ashore on the coast of Shika Town in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan. It is a type used in dredging work to remove sediment and mud from the seabed.
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Heavy rain is forecast to fall in wide areas from northern to western Japan on Tuesday.
Philippines grapples with growing earthquake damage, deaths Philippine authorities say the death toll from the magnitude 7.7 quake that struck the southern island of Mindanao on Monday has risen to 45 as of early Wednesday morning, with 17 people missing and over 30,000 displaced...
Japanese transport and fire officials say smoke came from a passenger's smartphone on board an airplane before takeoff from Tokyo's Haneda Airport. They say the smoke was extinguished, and no one was injured.
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Voters in an autonomous region in the southern Philippines went to the polls on Monday for its first parliamentary elections. The vote is seen as a key step toward lasting peace after decades of conflict between Muslim separatist groups and the central government.
NHK has learned that Japan's Defense Ministry is transporting a launcher and other equipment as part of preparations to deploy a surface-to-ship missile system to the nation's easternmost island in the Pacific for the first time.
Japan is discussing ways to ensure Imperial succession. A draft plan presented by Diet leaders proposes that females would stay in the Imperial family after marriage. It also suggests adoption of male descendants in the male line of former Imperial branches.
Anna is an international student from Thailand. Today she meets her tutor Sakura at the university for the first time.
The Japanese government has decided to raise visa fees for foreign nationals fivefold starting on July 1.
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Iceland's government says it plans to submit a bill to parliament next February to ban commercial whaling.
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