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Japan Times
JAPAN
May 26, 2022
Sunken Hokkaido tourist boat raised to surface in second salvage attempt
A tourist boat that sank off Hokkaido last month, leaving 14 people dead and 12 missing, was successfully raised to the surface.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 24, 2019
Plane carrying about 17 passengers crashes on takeoff in eastern Congo
A passenger plane with about 17 passengers on board crashed Sunday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing several people, the provincial governor's office said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2019
Japan lodges protest with North Korea over boat collision as Abe vows to prevent illegal fishing in EEZ
The collision took place early Monday some 350 kilometers northwest of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.
WORLD
Aug 11, 2019
Tesla electric car catches fire after hitting tow truck in Moscow
A Tesla electric car caught fire after crashing into a tow truck on a Moscow expressway late Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2019
Beach in Fukushima Prefecture reopens for first time since 2011 disasters
Kitaizumi Beach in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, reopened Saturday after it was closed following the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear accident.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2018
Bridge collapse costs Genoa companies €422 million in damages: Chamber of Commerce
The collapse of a bridge in Genoa, which claimed 43 lives, has cost companies in the Italian city around €422 million ($482 million) in damages, the Genoa Chamber of Commerce said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2018
Japanese manufacturer Nippon Sharyo to fix problem blamed in deadly train crash in Taiwan
Taiwan's rail authority said Monday that the Japanese manufacturer of a train that derailed two weeks ago, killing 18 people, has agreed to fix a problem that is at least partially blamed for the crash.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2018
Four-car crash leaves four dead, four injured in Aomori
Four people were killed and four others were injured early Saturday in a four-car accident in Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture, the police said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2018
Architect Renzo Piano offers new bridge design for hometown Genoa after tragedy
Italy's best-known architect, Renzo Piano, offered on Tuesday to donate the design for a bridge to replace the one that collapsed in his birthplace of Genoa this month, saying he cannot think about anything else after 43 people were killed in the tragedy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2018
Seven injured as car rams into pedestrians in central Tokyo
A car rammed into a group of pedestrians in central Tokyo on Tuesday, injuring seven people, with the driver arrested on the spot, police and rescue workers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2018
Crash involving 90-year-old near Tokyo highlights issue of managing Japan's elderly drivers
The problem of elderly motorists in a rapidly aging society comes under the spotlight following a fatal crash near Tokyo involving a 90-year-old driver.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2018
GSDF to resume most chopper flights in wake of deadly crash in Saga
The Ground Self-Defense Force said on Friday it will partially resume helicopter flights at its camp in Saga Prefecture, nearly two weeks after the deadly chopper accident there earlier this month.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2018
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force says a bolt may have fallen off one of its helicopters during a drill
A steel bolt assembly may have come off a Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter during a training flight Tuesday, the MSDF said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 21, 2017
Okinawa demands suspension of U.S. military flights over schools and hospitals
A resolution was adopted by the Okinawa Prefecture Assembly in protest after a window fell from a helicopter onto the playground of an elementary school adjacent to a U.S. base.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 18, 2017
Interim review of Grenfell Tower tragedy calls for 'culture change' in U.K. fire safety
An interim review into U.K. building regulations commissioned after the Grenfell Tower social housing block fire in London that killed 71 people in June, has called for a "culture change" in respect to fire safety.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 18, 2017
U.S. Marine official apologizes at school where chopper window fell; Okinawa governor bristles at plan to resume flights
A U.S. military official apologizes to the principal of the school in Okinawa recently hit by a helicopter window and says its flight paths will be reviewed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 20, 2017
U.S. military restricts travel and bans drinking after fatal Okinawa traffic accident
All U.S. service members in Okinawa have been restricted to their bases and residences and banned from drinking alcohol in response to a fatal traffic accident.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2017
Fallout cloud prompts French institute to suspect September nuclear accident in Russia or Kazakhstan
A cloud of radioactive pollution over Europe in recent weeks indicates that an accident has happened in a nuclear facility in Russia or Kazakhstan in the last week of September, French nuclear safety institute IRSN said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 20, 2017
Seven injured in Kichijoji after elderly driver rams pedestrians near department store
A car rammed a group of pedestrians while exiting a parking lot in the trendy Kichijoji area of western Tokyo on Friday, injuring a 2-year-old boy and six other people, police and rescue workers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2017
Japan wants U.S. choppers grounded as accident in Okinawa leaves LDP reeling ahead of election
Okinawa crash-landing puts ruling party on back foot as Oct. 22 Lower House poll looms

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