Japan

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Runway safety concerns in focus as Japan probes Tokyo crash (Reuters)

Japanese investigators are preparing to probe the collision of two airplanes at Tokyo's Haneda airport, weeks after the global airline industry heard fresh ...

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Japan coast guard plane not cleared for takeoff before deadly ... (CNN)

A Japanese coast guard aircraft which collided with a passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport was instructed only to “taxi to holding point” ...

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Japan earthquakes: the science behind the deadly tremors (Nature.com)

A massive quake that triggered tsunamis, fires and multiple aftershocks was the largest on the country's west coast in more than a century.

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Japan earthquake: Eerie search for bodies near epicentre (BBC News)

Wajima was one of the worst hit places in Monday's earthquake. Now it resembles a ghost town.

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Earthquakes in Japan leave at least 62 dead, others trapped ... (Africanews English)

Aftershocks continued to shake Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas two days after a magnitude 7.6 temblor slammed the area.

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Passenger jet in fiery crash at Haneda airport was cleared to land ... (The Guardian)

Five people on the coast guard aircraft died, but all 379 passengers and crew escaped to safety down emergency slides minutes before the Japan Airlines Airbus ...

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Red Cross swings into action immediately after Japan earthquake ... (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)

Tokyo/Beijing/Geneva, 3 January 2024 - Responding to a devastating magnitude 7.6 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Ishikawa Prefecture, the Japanese ...

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Japan quake survivors face freezing rain, threat of landslides (Reuters)

Rescuers raced against the clock on Wednesday searching for survivors of an earthquake in western Japan that killed at least 65, while evacuees continued to ...

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Summary information on the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake ... (ReliefWeb)

Infographic in English on Japan about Logistics and Telecommunications, Water Sanitation Hygiene, Earthquake and Tsunami; published on 4 Jan 2024 by ADRC.

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Japan plane crash: Full transcript of air traffic control moments ... (Sky News)

The transcript shows the discussions between the airport's control tower and the two planes - one a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet and the other a smaller ...

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Hopes fade for survivors of Japan quake (Citizen Digital)

Thousands of Japanese rescuers on Thursday battled rubble and blocked roads as hopes faded for dozens listed as missing three days after a devastating ...

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Inflation and its demons define Japan's precarious 2023 | East Asia ... (East Asia Forum)

Volatile inflation and its attendant issues, from high public debt to a deteriorating trade balance, mean that Japan faces an uncertain 2024.

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Japan's natural disaster preparedness has a corporate price (Financial Times)

Companies serve as visible units of permanence in an unstable world but that can make for unwieldy strategy.

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Japan spent decades making itself earthquake resilient. Here's how. (National Geographic)

The country has earned a reputation as one of the most disaster-ready nations in the world due to its seismic codes and culture of preparedness, ...

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US to provide assistance to Japan on airplane recorders in fatal ... (Reuters)

U.S. aviation safety officials will provide assistance to Japan in the reading of airplane recorders after a deadly collision between a Japan Airlines ...

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Japan to accept earthquake relief from U.S. only -Nikkei (Reuters)

Japan plans to accept a relief team from the United States but no aid from other governments, the daily Nikkei reported on Friday, four days after an ...

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Japan earthquake: Nearly 250 missing as hope for survivors fades (BBC News)

EPA Rescue workers carry out an operation at a collapsed house following an earthquake in Wajima EPA. Rescuers in Japan are rushing to find 242 people missing ...

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'Our minds are blank': how 'earthquake resilient' Japan fails its ... (The Guardian)

The destruction came not from a towering tsunami, but from a series of strong quakes, the first of which caused shaking that reached the highest level of seven ...

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Rescuers pull quake survivors from rubble in Japan as 72-hour ... (CNN)

The elderly woman emerged slowly on a stretcher, wrapped in blankets. Dazed but conscious, she thanked the firefighters, wearing helmets and headlamps, ...

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