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Massive Fireball Streaks Across Southern Japan, Lighting Up the Night Sky
On Aug. 19, residents of southern Japan witnessed a brilliant fireball streaking across the night sky, lighting up cities from Kagoshima to Osaka. The meteor appeared at 11:08 p.m. local time, glowing green-blue with flashes so bright they rivaled the moon before bursting into orange-red fragments above the Pacific Ocean. Security and dashcam camer...
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Torrential Rains In Japan Cause Flooding, Mudslides, Travel Disruptions
Downpours on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu caused flooding and mudslides, injuring a number of people and disrupting travel during a Buddhist holiday week. Evacuation advisories were issued, and several reported missing.
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Japanese Population Sees Record Drop In 2024, Down By 9 Lakh
The population of Japanese nationals fell by a record amount -- more than 900,000 people -- in 2024, official data showed, as the country battles to reverse its perennially low birth rates.
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Hiroshima Day 2025: Date, History, Significance And Impact Of Nuclear Bombings
Hiroshima Day is observed annually on August 6 to commemorate the victims of the world's first nuclear attack.
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From Godzilla To Anime: How Atomic Bombings Shaped Japan's Pop Culture
From Godzilla's fiery atomic breath to post-apocalyptic anime and harrowing depictions of radiation sickness, the influence of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki runs deep in Japanese popular culture.
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Oprah Winfrey Faces Backlash Over Claims Of Not Opening Private Road For Tsunami Evacuation
Oprah Winfrey is facing backlash on social media over claims that she did not open her private road connecting Wailea to Kula, Hawaii, to help people evacuate to higher ground after the tsunami warning.
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Tsunami Safety Guide: Warning Signs, Survival Tips, Dos And Don'ts
Tsunami alerts were issued across the Pacific after a massive earthquake rocked Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
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#IshibaDon'tQuit: Unlikely Support Grows for Japanese PM Ishiba To Stay
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future is uncertain but an unlikely campaign for him to stay was growing online this week, including from people who are his natural political opponents.
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From Missouri To Gaza: The Global Grief Of Families With Missing Loved Ones
Ambiguous loss can be intimate or global, as in the cases of the missing from the September 11 attacks, tsunamis in the Indian Ocean and Japan, the Turkey-Syria earthquake, the Israel-Hamas war and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Record-Breaking Temperatures In June Around The World
From Nigeria to Japan, Pakistan to Spain, the month of June was the hottest ever recorded in 12 countries and was exceptionally warm in 26 other countries.
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Nearly 1,600 Earthquakes Hit Japan In 3 Weeks, Dozens Of People Evacuated
Since June 21, the area has experienced as of early Monday what seismologists refer to as a swarm of 1,582 quakes.
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Quad Leaders Condemn Pahalgam Terror Attack, Seek Justice
A joint statement by the foreign ministers of the U.S., India, Japan and Australia condemned an April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 people, and urged that those behind it be brought to justice.
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Japan's 'Twitter Killer': The Man Who Killed, Chopped Up 9 People
Japan used the death penalty for the first time in almost three years as it executed an individual known as the "Twitter killer," who was found guilty of killing and dismembering 9 people. The killer reportedly offered to help people with a suicidal.
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80 Years On, Bone Collectors Find Remains Of Those Killed In Okinawa
80 years after the Battle of Okinawa, volunteers like Takamatsu Gushiken are still recovering WWII remains from jungle, These remains have the right to be returned to their families," said Gushiken.
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Governments Struggle To Evacuate Nationals From Iran, Israel Amid Conflict
Governments around the world are attempting to evacuate thousands of their nationals caught up in the rapidly spiralling Israel-Iran conflict, organising buses and planes and in some cases assisting people crossing borders on foot.
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Massive Fireball Streaks Across Southern Japan, Lighting Up the Night Sky
On Aug. 19, residents of southern Japan witnessed a brilliant fireball streaking across the night sky, lighting up cities from Kagoshima to Osaka. The meteor appeared at 11:08 p.m. local time, glowing green-blue with flashes so bright they rivaled the moon before bursting into orange-red fragments above the Pacific Ocean. Security and dashcam camer...
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Torrential Rains In Japan Cause Flooding, Mudslides, Travel Disruptions
Downpours on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu caused flooding and mudslides, injuring a number of people and disrupting travel during a Buddhist holiday week. Evacuation advisories were issued, and several reported missing.
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Japanese Population Sees Record Drop In 2024, Down By 9 Lakh
The population of Japanese nationals fell by a record amount -- more than 900,000 people -- in 2024, official data showed, as the country battles to reverse its perennially low birth rates.
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Hiroshima Day 2025: Date, History, Significance And Impact Of Nuclear Bombings
Hiroshima Day is observed annually on August 6 to commemorate the victims of the world's first nuclear attack.
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From Godzilla To Anime: How Atomic Bombings Shaped Japan's Pop Culture
From Godzilla's fiery atomic breath to post-apocalyptic anime and harrowing depictions of radiation sickness, the influence of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki runs deep in Japanese popular culture.
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Oprah Winfrey Faces Backlash Over Claims Of Not Opening Private Road For Tsunami Evacuation
Oprah Winfrey is facing backlash on social media over claims that she did not open her private road connecting Wailea to Kula, Hawaii, to help people evacuate to higher ground after the tsunami warning.
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Tsunami Safety Guide: Warning Signs, Survival Tips, Dos And Don'ts
Tsunami alerts were issued across the Pacific after a massive earthquake rocked Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
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#IshibaDon'tQuit: Unlikely Support Grows for Japanese PM Ishiba To Stay
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future is uncertain but an unlikely campaign for him to stay was growing online this week, including from people who are his natural political opponents.
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From Missouri To Gaza: The Global Grief Of Families With Missing Loved Ones
Ambiguous loss can be intimate or global, as in the cases of the missing from the September 11 attacks, tsunamis in the Indian Ocean and Japan, the Turkey-Syria earthquake, the Israel-Hamas war and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Record-Breaking Temperatures In June Around The World
From Nigeria to Japan, Pakistan to Spain, the month of June was the hottest ever recorded in 12 countries and was exceptionally warm in 26 other countries.
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Nearly 1,600 Earthquakes Hit Japan In 3 Weeks, Dozens Of People Evacuated
Since June 21, the area has experienced as of early Monday what seismologists refer to as a swarm of 1,582 quakes.
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Quad Leaders Condemn Pahalgam Terror Attack, Seek Justice
A joint statement by the foreign ministers of the U.S., India, Japan and Australia condemned an April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 people, and urged that those behind it be brought to justice.
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Japan's 'Twitter Killer': The Man Who Killed, Chopped Up 9 People
Japan used the death penalty for the first time in almost three years as it executed an individual known as the "Twitter killer," who was found guilty of killing and dismembering 9 people. The killer reportedly offered to help people with a suicidal.
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80 Years On, Bone Collectors Find Remains Of Those Killed In Okinawa
80 years after the Battle of Okinawa, volunteers like Takamatsu Gushiken are still recovering WWII remains from jungle, These remains have the right to be returned to their families," said Gushiken.
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Governments Struggle To Evacuate Nationals From Iran, Israel Amid Conflict
Governments around the world are attempting to evacuate thousands of their nationals caught up in the rapidly spiralling Israel-Iran conflict, organising buses and planes and in some cases assisting people crossing borders on foot.
