6.4 Earthquake hits off Japan’s east coast
June 18th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sendai, June 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An earthquake of a 6.4-magnitude has jolted the sea area off Japan’s east coast. Despite the high magnitude of this seism, which has affected Honshu, the main ... Read more...
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The rebirth of Japan’s tsunami land
March 11th, 2012 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Natori (Japan), March 11 (IANS) Kiyoshi Mori drives about one hour everyday from Sendai to inland Takadate Yoshida to grow komatsuna, a green leaf vegetable that is very popular among ... Read more...
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Tokyo film festival opens
October 23rd, 2011 - 3:45 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Oct 23 (IANS) Nearly 1,000 films from 76 countries will be screened at the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival that opened in the Japanese capital Saturday.Jackie Chan and ... Read more...
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Japan royal couple visit tsunami-hit town Minamisanriku
April 27th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 27(ANI): Japan's royal couple on Wednesday made their first visit to the area that bore the full force of last month's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami.According to the Guardian, Emperor ... Read more...
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Powerful quake strikes off northeastern Japan, tsunami warning issued
April 7th, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by BNO News
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan on late Thursday evening, seismologists and witnesses said, prompting a tsunami warning for a small part of its ... Read more...
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Russian rescuers to search 100 sq km area near Japan’s Sendai
March 17th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian rescuers intend to search a 100 sq km area around the disaster-struck Japanese city of Sendai by the end of Thursday, the head of ... Read more...
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No radiation threat to Indians in Japan (Lead)
March 16th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) With radiation threats mounting in disaster-hit Japan, India's envoy to Japan Wednesday said that Indians in the country were safe.The external affairs ministry said that ... Read more...
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Quake-hit Japanese search for shelter to evade radiation
March 16th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) It was 11 a.m. Tuesday in Tokyo when Prime Minister Naoto Kan finally admitted that damage to a nuclear reactor in Fukushima may represent a ... Read more...
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Miracle as 4-month-old baby in tsunami hit Japan is reunited with father
March 15th, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 15 (ANI): A four-month-old baby in tsunami hit Japan has miraculously survived after she was snatched from her parents' arms by deadly waves that had crashed into the family home.The ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
India in touch with quake-hit Japan
March 14th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 14 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said that the government is in touch with Tokyo and will provide all suitable help and relief to survivors of ... Read more...
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Sendai’s homeless fear new quake
March 14th, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Sendai (Japan), March 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) After a sleepless night on cardboard boxes in ravaged Sendai's drafty night shelters, thousands of the newly homeless Monday woke to the threat ... Read more...
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‘No food or water, but Miyagi residents not panicking’
March 13th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Residents of the Miyagi prefecture in northeast Japan, severely hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami, are experiencing a shortage of drinking water and food ... Read more...
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India sends first relief plane to Japan
March 13th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) India is Sunday sending its first relief plane to Japan, which has been devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami killing thousands of people, Indian ... Read more...
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India sending relief materials to quake-hit Japan
March 13th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 13 (ANI): Extending all possible help to Japan, which has been hit by a massive earthquake followed by a tsunami, India is sending good quality woolen blankets on Sunday ... Read more...
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Japan quake death, missing toll crosses 1700
March 12th, 2011 - 11:00 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar. 12 (ANI): The death and missing toll from Friday's earthquake-cum-tsunami in northeastern Japan is said to have crossed the 1,700 mark on Saturday. The toll is expected to be much ... Read more...
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Strong earthquake strikes off central Japan, no tsunami warning
March 14th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by BNO News
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck off the coast of central Japan on Sunday, seismologists said, shaking buildings as far away as Tokyo but causing no casualties.The earthquake at 5.08 ... Read more...
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Toll in Japan quake rises to 10
June 16th, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Tokyo, June 16 (DPA) The toll in the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck north-eastern Japan Saturday rose to 10 after a body was discovered under a collapsed inn at a hot-spring resort in ... Read more...
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Death toll in Japan quake rises to nine
June 15th, 2008 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Tokyo, June 15 (DPA) The toll in the magnitude-7.2 earthquake that struck north-eastern Japan has risen to nine after rescue workers found the bodies of three people in the ruins of a ... Read more...
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