Woman in 90s pulled alive from rubble five days after Japan earthquake
Boy, five, among 126 people dead, after boiling water spilled on him during Monday’s 7.6 magnitude quake A woman in her 90s has been pulled...
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Japan earthquake: death toll rises to 62 amid warnings of landslides and aftershocks
Ishikawa and its Noto peninsula, one of the worst affected areas, has been hit by more than 100 aftershocks Japanese rescuers were scrambling to search...
Passenger jet in fiery crash at Haneda airport was cleared to land, Japan Airlines says
In a recording from the control tower apparently taken before impact, a voice can be heard advising JAL’s flight to ‘continue approach’ A passenger jet...
Japan: plane collision at Tokyo airport leaves five dead on coastguard aircraft but Japan Airlines passengers evacuate – as it happened
Six coastguards were on plane, which was delivering earthquake relief supplies, which hit Japan Airlines plane at Haneda airport. This live blog is closed Five...
Japan earthquake news live: highest-level tsunami warning dropped but residents in coastal areas told not to return to homes
Buildings collapse, trapping residents, and fires break out but tsunami warning lowered after series of major earthquakes in Japan Japan issues tsunami warnings for west...
Japan’s ruling party engulfed by political fundraising scandal
Four ministers resign amid reports that prosecutors were poised to raid offices of dozens of ruling party MPs Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, is battling...
Osaka’s baseball underdogs hope one more win will lift curse of KFC
Many in the city have put the Hanshin Tigers’ lack of success down to an unusual Colonel Sanders-based superstition, but it may be about to...
Sharp rise in bear attacks in Japan as they struggle to find food
Amid lack of acorns and beechnuts in natural habitats, bears have injured 158 people and killed two since April Experts in Japan have warned that...
Japan asks court to strip Unification church of religious status
Move comes after assassination of former PM Shinzo Abe and growing criticism of fundraising activities Japan’s government has asked a court to strip the Unification...
Three bears that holed up in factory in Japan are captured and killed
Official calls for use of hunting guns in towns to be made legal amid rise in number of marauding bears Three bears that snuck into...
