Japan braces for dual typhoons as 1 in 5 face flooding risk, study reveals
Japan needs to improve flood defences and early-warning systems to give residents more time to evacuate when danger threatens ...
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Japan finds body drifting in sea 10 days after severe floods
A body was found drifting in the Sea of Japan that Japanese rescuers said on Tuesday might be a teenager who went missing in ...
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Japan quake, flood victim attempts fresh start with wife's memory
Two huge earthquakes 17 years apart robbed Shoichi Miyakoshi first of his wife, and then his home."She was the only victim in ...
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Some local governments hesitate to limit development in flood-risk areas because they are worried about population decline.
Yasunori Hada, a professor at Nihon University specializing in disaster management. About 20% of Japan’s population resides in areas that are at risk of flooding when heavy rain causes rivers to ...
Analysis: 20% of population in Japan reside in flood-risk areas
About 20 percent of Japan’s population resides in areas that are at risk of flooding when heavy rain causes rivers to ...
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Ninth body recovered in flood-hit Japan region
Rescuers on Wednesday recovered the body of a ninth victim of severe floods which battered parts of central Japan last week, ...
Japan PM Slated To Announce Plans For 'Happiness Index'
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will propose a new happiness index during his first parliamentary policy speech on ...
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6 missing as floods hit region of Japan
TOKYO -- Rescue workers searched for at least six people missing Sunday after heavy rain pounded Japan's north-central region of Noto, triggering landslides and floods and leaving one person dead in a ...
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Nigeria, Japan Seek Closer Ties to Deepen Trade, Development, Food Security
The Nigerian Government will continue to strengthen its ties with Japan as part of measures to deepen trade and exploit more ...
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'Denying my potential': women at Japan's top university call out gender imbalance
Chika Ezure faced gender bias from her own family when deciding to do a master's degree at Japan's top-ranked university.
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Japan's likely next leader says he will call an election for Oct. 27 once he takes office
Shigeru Ishiba, the head of Japan’s governing party, says he plans to call a parliamentary election on Oct. 27 after he is ...
Sixty years on, Japan’s high-speed rail network still puts Britain to shame
Sumo, skyscrapers, sushi – and Shinkansen. Japan’s legendary fleet of white-nosed bullet trains, which smoothly criss-cross ...