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Video: Thousands Of Dead Fish Mysteriously Wash Up On Japan Beach, Officials Stumped
The fish washed ashore in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, covering a stretch of beach about half a mile long.
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Japan Fisherman Feared Killed In Bear Attack After Human Head Found At Lake
The lake is popular among local anglers who keep going there for Sakhalin taimen, a rarely caught fish in Japan.
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How A Farmer Produces World's Most Expensive Mangoes At Nearly Rs 19,000 Each
Wearing a white tank top inside a foggy greenhouse at his farm in Otofuke on the island of Hokkaido in Japan, Hiroyuki Nakagawa plucks ripened mangoes ready to be packed and shipped. Outside the temperature is a freezing -8C on a clear December day.
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Woman Critical After Avalanche Near Japan Ski Resort
A foreign woman has been critically injured in an avalanche at Mount Yotei near a popular ski resort on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, local media reported on Friday.
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5.9-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Japan's Hokkaido: Report
A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Monday, the US Geological Survey said.
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35 Dead In Japan Earthquake; Rescue Workers Rake Through Mud For Survivors
The death toll from a powerful quake that triggered landslides in northern Japan rose to 35, as tens of thousands of rescue workers raked through the mud for survivors.
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After 6.6 Magnitude Quake, Homes In Japanese Island Engulfed In Landslide
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido caused a landslide that engulfed houses early on Thursday, injuring and trapping a number of people and cutting power in several areas.
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Japan Deports North Koreans Rescued From Boat: Media
On Thursday, private broadcaster TBS showed footage of what it said was a car carrying the skipper and the last crew member to a port in Hokkaido from the immigration facility where they had been detained.
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'Everything Gone' From Remote Japanese Island After North Korean Visit
Everything metallic -- including a door knob -- has vanished from a remote Japanese island where a group of North Korean fishermen landed briefly to take refuge, a local resident said Tuesday.
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Japan Deploys New Missile Defence System To Counter North Korea Threat
Japan deployed Tuesday an additional missile defence system on its northern island of Hokkaido, days after North Korea launched a missile over the island, sparking emergency warnings to take cover.
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North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan, 'Won't Tolerate', Says Tokyo
North Korea fired another missile over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Friday morning, just a day after Pyongyang threatened that the four main Japanese islands "should be sunken into the sea" by its nuclear bomb.
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Gold Hits Nine-And-A-Half-Month High After North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan
South Korea and Japan said the missile North Korea launched early on Tuesday landed in Pacific waters east of Hokkaido after flying over the northern Japanese island, in a sharp escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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North Korean Missile Flies Over Japan
North Korea launched a ballistic missile Tuesday morning that flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the most brazen provocation of Kim Jong Un's five-year-long rule and one that will reignite tensions between Pyongyang and the outside world.
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Earthquake Of Magnitude 5.3 In Japan's Hokkaido, No Tsunami Danger
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 jolted Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday, but there was no danger of a tsunami and no immediate report of injuries or major damage.
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Hike Up Nicaragua's Tallest Volcano Tops Lonely Planet's Hottest Travel Experiences in 2016
The opening of the new Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, a trip to one of the most remote islands in the world, and a hike up Nicaragua's tallest active volcano have been named as some of the best new openings and travel experiences to mark 2016 by editors at Lonely Planet.
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Video: Thousands Of Dead Fish Mysteriously Wash Up On Japan Beach, Officials Stumped
The fish washed ashore in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, covering a stretch of beach about half a mile long.
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Japan Fisherman Feared Killed In Bear Attack After Human Head Found At Lake
The lake is popular among local anglers who keep going there for Sakhalin taimen, a rarely caught fish in Japan.
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How A Farmer Produces World's Most Expensive Mangoes At Nearly Rs 19,000 Each
Wearing a white tank top inside a foggy greenhouse at his farm in Otofuke on the island of Hokkaido in Japan, Hiroyuki Nakagawa plucks ripened mangoes ready to be packed and shipped. Outside the temperature is a freezing -8C on a clear December day.
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Woman Critical After Avalanche Near Japan Ski Resort
A foreign woman has been critically injured in an avalanche at Mount Yotei near a popular ski resort on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, local media reported on Friday.
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5.9-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Japan's Hokkaido: Report
A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Monday, the US Geological Survey said.
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35 Dead In Japan Earthquake; Rescue Workers Rake Through Mud For Survivors
The death toll from a powerful quake that triggered landslides in northern Japan rose to 35, as tens of thousands of rescue workers raked through the mud for survivors.
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After 6.6 Magnitude Quake, Homes In Japanese Island Engulfed In Landslide
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido caused a landslide that engulfed houses early on Thursday, injuring and trapping a number of people and cutting power in several areas.
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Japan Deports North Koreans Rescued From Boat: Media
On Thursday, private broadcaster TBS showed footage of what it said was a car carrying the skipper and the last crew member to a port in Hokkaido from the immigration facility where they had been detained.
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'Everything Gone' From Remote Japanese Island After North Korean Visit
Everything metallic -- including a door knob -- has vanished from a remote Japanese island where a group of North Korean fishermen landed briefly to take refuge, a local resident said Tuesday.
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Japan Deploys New Missile Defence System To Counter North Korea Threat
Japan deployed Tuesday an additional missile defence system on its northern island of Hokkaido, days after North Korea launched a missile over the island, sparking emergency warnings to take cover.
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North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan, 'Won't Tolerate', Says Tokyo
North Korea fired another missile over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Friday morning, just a day after Pyongyang threatened that the four main Japanese islands "should be sunken into the sea" by its nuclear bomb.
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Gold Hits Nine-And-A-Half-Month High After North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan
South Korea and Japan said the missile North Korea launched early on Tuesday landed in Pacific waters east of Hokkaido after flying over the northern Japanese island, in a sharp escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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North Korean Missile Flies Over Japan
North Korea launched a ballistic missile Tuesday morning that flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the most brazen provocation of Kim Jong Un's five-year-long rule and one that will reignite tensions between Pyongyang and the outside world.
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Earthquake Of Magnitude 5.3 In Japan's Hokkaido, No Tsunami Danger
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 jolted Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday, but there was no danger of a tsunami and no immediate report of injuries or major damage.
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Hike Up Nicaragua's Tallest Volcano Tops Lonely Planet's Hottest Travel Experiences in 2016
The opening of the new Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, a trip to one of the most remote islands in the world, and a hike up Nicaragua's tallest active volcano have been named as some of the best new openings and travel experiences to mark 2016 by editors at Lonely Planet.
