Japan
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Environment
Powerful quake rocks Japan, nearly 100,000 residents ordered to evacuate
A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Monday, killing at least one person, destroying buildings, knocking out power to tens…
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Views
Worker shortage: Why doesn’t Japan come to Africa?
An article in The Citizen of March 30, 2023 sent me scurrying to satisfy my rising curiosity. Titled ‘Why advancements…
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Foreign
North Korea missile had range to hit US mainland – Japan
North Korea has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with sufficient range to hit the US mainland, Japan’s defence minister…
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Foreign
North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile, Japan says
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Munchon area of Kangwon Province to the waters off the peninsula’s…
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Foreign
North Korea fired a missile over Japan. Experts say it’s a sign of what’s to come
North Korea fired a ballistic missile without warning over Japan on Tuesday for the first time in five years, a highly provocative and…
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News
Japan’s Daikin to build air conditioners in Nigeria
Japan’s Daikin Industries Ltd will begin assembling air conditioners in Nigeria as it renews a push into Africa that had…
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Environment
Millions told to evacuate as Typhoon Nanmadol heads for Japan
About two million people in southwestern Japan have been ordered to evacuate ahead of a powerful typhoon forecast to hit the region…
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Foreign
Japan PM Kishida set to consolidate ruling party power as Abe mourned
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida looked set to consolidate authority within his ruling party after a strong election result virtually…
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Foreign
Shinzo Abe’s assassin used a handmade firearm
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader of modern Japan, was gunned down on Friday while campaigning for a…
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Foreign
Shinzo Abe is unconscious after apparently being shot
Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, collapsed and was left unconscious after he was apparently shot on Friday…