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MISAWA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2022
Record 1.37 million chickens to be culled at bird flu-hit Aomori farm
The Aomori Prefectural Government has started to cull all of some 1.37 million chickens raised at a poultry farm in the city of Misawa.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2021
Oil spill reaches Japan coast as freighter breaks apart off Aomori
About 1,600 tons of heavy oil remains inside the cargo ship, which has already leaked a 24-kilometer slick.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2021
Aomori museum to permanently display HondaJet aircraft
Misawa Aviation & Science Museum will show the first successfully flown version of the small business plane from April 20.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 17, 2021
‘The Murders of Oiso’: A whodunnit in search of a crime
Takuya Misawa's stylish and enigmatic murder mystery centers on a quartet of friends thrown into disarray after a sudden death in their town.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2019
Pilot's 'spatial disorientation' was likely cause of F-35A crash, Japan defense minister says
According to a ministry report, there were no signs the pilot tried to eject and he is believed to have lost his bearings just before the crash.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2019
Japan ends search for F-35A and plans resumption of flights soon
The government has stopped searching for an Air Self-Defense Force F-35A that crashed into the Pacific Ocean some two months ago, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 9, 2019
Toyota and Panasonic to merge housing units and team up on 'smart town' business
The move by the leading carmaker and electronics manufacturer comes amid shrinking demand in the domestic housing market due to Japan's declining population.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2019
Japan won't consider revising F-35A procurement plans while cause of crash still not known
The Defense Ministry is not considering a revision to its plan to procure a total of 105 F-35A stealth fighters despite the crash Wednesday of one of the jets into the sea off Aomori Prefecture, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2018
Japanese and U.S. forces hold joint military rescue exercise
The Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military began a joint rescue drill off the coast of Aomori Prefecture on Wednesday as part of a biennial exercise aimed at enhancing their readiness and partnership.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 4, 2018
Fishermen to seek ¥93 million in damages over February dumping of fuel tanks by U.S. fighter jet
Fishermen in northeastern Japan are set to seek about ¥93 million in damages over the February dumping of fuel tanks by a U.S. fighter jet, which forced them to halt fishing, a local Defense Ministry bureau said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2018
Defense Ministry lodges complaint over low-flying U.S. F-16 in Tohoku
The Defense Ministry's Tohoku Defense Bureau has lodged a complaint with the commander of Misawa Air Base after video footage from a U.S. fighter jet flying at a very low altitude was uploaded to YouTube, officials said.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2018
Japan to deploy its first F-35A stealth fighter Friday at Misawa base
The first F-35A stealth fighter jet for the Air Self-Defense Force is set to be deployed to the Misawa base in Aomori Prefecture on Friday, Defense Ministry officials said Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 29, 2016
Tokyo offers a wealth of innovative design, some of it for free
Tokyo Design Week has kicked in, with its first session ending on Oct. 31 and its second session running Nov. 2 to 7. But if the innovative products, architecture and robotics in Meiji Jingu Gaien are not enough to satiate your design curiosity, there are several free exhibitions in the city that are worth dashing to before they end in the next few days.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2016
Japanese, British air forces to face off for first time since war
British fighter planes will take on Japanese aircraft for the first time since World War II in aerial combat drills following the arrival in Japan on Saturday of four Royal Air Force Typhoon Eurofighters.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 16, 2016
ASDF, Royal Air Force to conduct first-ever joint drills in Japan amid strengthening security ties
The Air Self-Defense Force will conduct its first Japan-based exercise with a foreign nation other than the U.S. this month when Britain sends four fighter jets to Aomori Prefecture.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 25, 2016
Okinawa base trouble puts dark cloud over upcoming Buffaloes-Eagles series
This week, the annual two-game series where a couple of Japanese pro ballclubs travel to play at Naha's Okinawa Cellular Stadium will take place. The Pacific League's Orix Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are scheduled to play there Tuesday and Wednesday. Normally, U.S. military personnel stationed in Okinawa would be part of the crowds — but it may be different this time.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jun 4, 2016
Japanese design reveals all
Japan is clearly having some fun with transparent product design.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2014
Japan to deploy F-35 fighters at Misawa Air Base from fiscal 2017
Next-generation F-35 fighter jets will be deployed at Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture from fiscal 2017, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Wednesday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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