Tag: Japan
Suspected heatstroke kills three lions at Japan zoo
Animal rights group PETA said, the lions named Mugi, Ichigo and Luena "were born, lived, and died in confinement, deprived of everything that makes life worth living for a wild animal".
Japan issues tsunami alert after 7.1-magnitude quake
The tremor at 4:27 pm (0727 GMT) on the island of Kyushu also measured at the highest possible level seven on Japan's own Shindo scale of shaking, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
KFC Japan, major sushi chain fear shortages after cyberattack
Supermarkets have already been hit by shortages, local media said, reporting that pastry chefs and elderly care centres have also been impacted.
Japan deploys bear cameras in moutains as attacks surge
Japan has begun installing hundreds of cameras in its northern mountains as part of a nationwide survey of the bear population following a surge in maulings.
Four injured, flights cancelled in Japan as twin storms approach
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways cancelled a total of 120 flights to and from the southern regions of Okinawa and Kagoshima.
Japan fires missiles during drills, drawing China rebuke
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has accelerated Japan's shift towards a more muscular defence policy, further shedding with US encouragement Tokyo's pacifist stance in place since World War II.
Magnitude 6.2 quake hits Japan’s Hokkaido, no tsunami warning issued
The 5.24 a.m. quake registered upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the Tokachi region of the northern main island and occurred at a depth of about 83 kilometres, Kyodo news reported.
Wildfires spread towards northern Japan town
As of Friday morning, fires in the mountainous areas of Iwate region had burned over 400 hectares (988 acres) since breaking out two days ago, government spokesman Minoru Kihara told reporters.
Japan tourism hits record despite China spat, Iran war
The number of international visitors was 3.6 million, up 3.5 percent year-on-year, a new record for the month, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.
China tightens Japanese trade restrictions as spat worsens
The spat between Asia's top two economies was sparked by comments by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in November that Japan could intervene militarily in any attack on self-ruled Taiwan.
