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The Tohoku Shinkansen coupled trains at Tokyo Station on Friday
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2025
JR East resumes coupled shinkansen operations
The company halted such train operations on the Tohoku line after a pair of coupled trains suddenly became detached while traveling in Tokyo.
The Hayabusa (left) and Komachi bullet trains seen making an emergency stop in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on March 6 after becoming unfastened
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2025
Tohoku Shinkansen to resume coupled train operations on Friday
JR East suspended operating coupled trains after two bullet trains suddenly came unfastened last week.
Smoke rises from the MV Solong cargo ship on Tuesday, the day after it collided with the MV Stena Immaculate tanker in the North Sea, off the coast of Withernsea, east of England.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2025
U.K. arrests cargo ship captain for manslaughter over North Sea crash
The 59-year-old captain was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the collision involving a tanker chartered by the U.S. military.
Smoke and flames rise from a collision between an oil tanker carrying fuel for the U.S. military and a cargo ship off the northeastern coast of England on Monday.
WORLD
Mar 11, 2025
Tanker hired by U.S. military ablaze off U.K. after hit by container ship
There has been no indication of any malicious activity or other actors involved in the incident, security sources say.
Tokyo Metro President Akiyoshi Yamamura (front) and others observe a moment of silence near the site of the accident in Tokyo's Meguro Ward.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2025
Tokyo Metro marks 25th year since deadly derailment
The subway derailment accident on March 8, 2000, killed five passengers and injured 64 others.
The Tohoku Shinkansen made an emergency stop after the two trains became detached on Thursday in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2025
Tohoku Shinkansen trains decoupled during service again
No passengers on the two trains were harmed, according to East Japan Railway.
Debris lies at a damaged church after MK-82 bombs fell outside the shooting range during joint live-fire exercises near the demilitarized zone in Pocheon, South Korea, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 6, 2025
South Korea air force jets accidentally drop bombs on homes, injuring 15
Residents were evacuated around midday as authorities checked whether there were any unexploded bombs.
The figure skater Maxim Naumov, who lost his parents when an army helicopter collided with a passenger jet above the Potomac River, drops to his knees in tears on the ice at the Legacy on Ice tribute in Washington on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Mar 4, 2025
Figure skating stars pay an emotional tribute to the Washington plane crash victims
Dozens of stars from the sport, going back decades, attended the benefit.
A screen shows news footage of plane debris at the site where a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane crashed in the Chinese city of Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in March 2022.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 28, 2025
Air safety reporting under scrutiny as crashes lie unresolved
Almost half of 268 accidents involving fatalities or major damage between 2018 and the end of 2023 lack a final report.
The number of fatal bicycle accidents and those causing serious injury that were attributed to cyclists' mobile phone use totaled 28 in 2024, a record high. Similarly, the number of such accidents involving cars driven by drivers distracted by mobile phones rose to the highest on record, at 136 cases.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2025
Accidents caused by distracted drivers hit record high in 2024
A total of 136 fatal car accidents and those resulting in serious injury due to mobile phone use were recorded last year, the highest since at least 2007.
A Delta airlines plane sits on its roof after crashing upon landing at Toronto Pearson Airport in Toronto, Ontario, on Monday.
WORLD
Feb 18, 2025
String of air crashes in 2025 has rattled travelers
The series of plane crashes this year has prompted sharp criticism of American aviation regulators.
A Delta Air Lines plane sits upside down at Toronto Pearson Airport in Toronto, Ontario, on Monday.
WORLD
Feb 18, 2025
Delta plane flips upside down in Toronto crash, injuring 18
Three people on flight DL4819 from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport suffered critical injuries, among them a child.
A Japan Airlines jet involved in a collision is towed after the FAA said its right wing struck the tail of a Delta Air Lines plane on the ground at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2025
Japan Airlines jet wing strikes Delta plane on ground in Seattle
The Delta plane with 142 passengers was bound for Puerto Vallarta and was waiting for deicing when it was struck by the Japan Airlines jet after it had landed from Tokyo .
A crater in Philadelphia on Saturday, the day after a deadly plane crash that also killed one person on the ground
WORLD
Feb 2, 2025
Small plane crash in Philadelphia leaves seven dead, 19 injured
The jet was headed to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri to refuel before heading to Tijuana in Mexico.
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel attempts to retrieve the remains of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Friday after it crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport earlier in the week.
WORLD
Feb 2, 2025
Crashed U.S. Army Black Hawk unit was responsible for doomsday readiness
The military mission, known as "continuity of government" and "continuity of operations," is meant to preserve the ability of the U.S. government to operate.
A slope (left) is built at the intersection of a sunken road in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture on Saturday.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2025
Slope built to reach man trapped in sinkhole in Saitama
Firefighters will now launch a full-scale effort to find the 74-year-old driver as soon as preparations are made.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a briefing on Thursday about the midair crash in Washington.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2025
From anguish to aggression: Trump goes on offense after midair collision
In the wake of this week’s midair collision near Washington, Trump was more than happy to jump to conclusions and pull the United States apart rather than together.
A collision on Wednesday night between a Black Hawk military helicopter and an American Airlines subsidiary's CRJ700 regional jet, which killed 67 people, has stirred haunting memories for pilots who have faced challenges landing at Reagan Washington National Airport.
WORLD
Jan 31, 2025
Near-misses at Washington airport worried pilots well before crash
A review of incidents at Reagan Airport involving helicopters reveals pilots had been raising alarm about near-misses back to the 1980s.
A sinkhole at an intersection on a road in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Thursday morning
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 31, 2025
Heavy machinery to be deployed in bid to save man trapped in Saitama sinkhole
To stabilize the site and facilitate rescue efforts, crews are excavating a 4-meter-wide, 30-meter-long ramp to deploy heavy equipment and clear debris.
Debris at the site of a deadly plane crash in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday.
WORLD
Jan 31, 2025
Investigators seek to salvage aircraft after deadly Washington crash
Authorities have recovered black boxes but have not yet pinpointed a reason for the collision between the regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter.
OpenAI study finds links between ChatGPT use and loneliness
San Francisco-based OpenAI sees the new studies as a way to get a better sense of how people interact with, and are affected by, its popular chatbot.
Trump plans his tariff ‘Liberation Day’ with more targeted push
U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, on Saturday.
Billion-dollar U.S. levies on Chinese ships risk ‘trade apocalypse’
Workers at the Cosco Shipping Holding shipyard in Qidong, Jiangsu province, China, on Oct. 8, 2024
Japan picks model projects to promote 'dual habitation'
Kochi and Tottori prefectures, in collaboration with major airline ANA Holdings, will begin offering airfare discounts through the introduction of a flat-rate system as early as October for individuals based in multiple locations.
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Japanese wages likely to rise more than 5% again this year
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Stay at home if Mount Fuji erupts, government panel says
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