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BREAKING NEWS: Chubu Electric to withdraw Hamaoka nuclear plant restart applications
12+ hour, 33+ min ago (131+ words) Read full story here Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday 1 dead, over 40 hurt as heavy rain hits central Japan, swamps Nagoya Japan PM Takaichi…...
Yamanashi Pref. decides to charge for helicopter rescues on Mt. Fuji
12+ hour, 55+ min ago (178+ words) Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture has decided to start charging climbers for rescue operations by its disaster prevention helicopter on Mt. Fuji during the closed season if they fail to submit climbing plans, prefectural sources said Monday. Yamanashi Pref. decides to charge…...
BREAKING NEWS: Fujitsu to sell Japan-made AI chip globally from November
13+ hour, 9+ min ago (127+ words) Read full story here Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday 1 dead, over 40 hurt as heavy rain hits central Japan, swamps Nagoya Japan PM Takaichi…...
Fujitsu to sell Japan-made AI chip globally from November
12+ hour, 50+ min ago (143+ words) TOKYO - Fujitsu Ltd. said Monday that it will begin global sales in November of "Monaka," a Japan-made central processing unit that functions as the brain of artificial intelligence systems. The telecommunications and computer maker also said it will sell domestically…...
Japan's lower house speaker Mori to visit Ukraine soon: sources
12+ hour, 34+ min ago (340+ words) KYIV - Eisuke Mori is set to visit Ukraine soon, Ukrainian sources said Monday, in what would be the first trip by a Japanese House of Representatives speaker to the country since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022. The visit by…...
N. Korea holds drill involving ballistic, cruise missiles, attack drones
17+ hour, 29+ min ago (269+ words) BEIJING - North Korea said Monday it has conducted a joint firepower drill involving ballistic and cruise missiles as well as attack drones, according to state-run media, a day after Japan, South Korea and the United States ended a military exercise....
Philippines' Muslim autonomous region holds 1st election
18+ hour, 36+ min ago (493+ words) COTABATO CITY, The Philippines - Voters in the Philippines' Muslim-dominated Bangsamoro autonomous region went to the polls Monday for its first parliamentary election as agreed in 2014 by the country's largest Islamic revolutionary group and the central government in ending a decades-long…...
BREAKING NEWS: Hamaoka nuclear restart pressure behind Chubu Electric falsification: report
17+ hour, 7+ min ago (128+ words) Read full story here Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday 1 dead, over 40 hurt as heavy rain hits central Japan, swamps Nagoya Japan PM Takaichi…...
ASIA WATCH: With no pandas at home, Japanese fans visit Xiang Xiang in China
16+ hour, 49+ min ago (540+ words) YA'AN, China - With Japan now without pandas for the first time in nearly half a century, devoted fans are heading to southwestern China for a glimpse of Xiang Xiang, the former darling of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. At the Bifengxia Base…...
BREAKING NEWS: N. Korea holds drill involving ballistic, cruise missiles, attack drones
18+ hour, 25+ min ago (105+ words) Read full story here Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday 1 dead, over 40 hurt as heavy rain hits central Japan, swamps Nagoya Japan PM Takaichi…...