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Japan to use Osprey aircraft for overseas rescue operations: sources

National Mar 24, 2019

Japan to use Osprey aircraft for overseas rescue operations: sources

The government plans to introduce a special operations variant of the U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft for Self-Defense Forces to conduct dangerous and covert missions abroad.

National Jan 4, 2019

Search suspended for missing crew member of ship carrying 3,500 Nissan vehicles on fire near Hawaii, four unresponsive in water

The active search for the remaining missing crew member from a Japanese commercial ship that caught fire earlier in the week has been suspended, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday. Twenty of the vessel's 21 crew members had been accounted for as of Wednesday after ...

Study finds 80% of rescue hashtags were unrelated to emergencies during July deluge

National Nov 5, 2018

Study finds 80% of rescue hashtags were unrelated to emergencies during July deluge

A vast majority of uses of the hashtag #kyūjo — which means rescue in Japanese — posted on Twitter during the deadly flooding last summer were unrelated to calls for help.

Asia Pacific Jul 17, 2018

Thailand's rescued cave boys to address media on Wednesday

The 12 Thai boys and soccer coach who were rescued from a flooded cave will be discharged from hospital on Wednesday and hold a news conference the same day to satisfy huge media interest in their story, a government official said. "We want to reduce ...

Four boys from Thai soccer team trapped in flooded cave are rescued

Asia Pacific Jul 8, 2018

Four boys from Thai soccer team trapped in flooded cave are rescued

Four of 12 schoolboys have been rescued so far from a flooded Thai cave after divers launched a daring and dangerous mission to free the children and their soccer coach, who were trapped underground for more than two weeks, Thai officials said. "I have received ...

Entrepreneur Musk sends team to Thailand to help rescue 13 trapped deep inside cave

Asia Pacific Jul 7, 2018

Entrepreneur Musk sends team to Thailand to help rescue 13 trapped deep inside cave

A Thai official said two members of the engineering team dispatched by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk are due to arrive late Saturday to help with efforts to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave. Another engineer was already in the ...

Rescuers weigh 'alternative' routes to save 13 trapped in Thai cave

Asia Pacific Jul 6, 2018

Rescuers weigh 'alternative' routes to save 13 trapped in Thai cave

Rescuers in Thailand are trying to find alternative ways to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a cave complex for 13 days, as teams brace for heavy rain which could further delay the operation. "We are trying to find alternative techniques to ...

130 rescued after heavy rain leaves them stranded at Hokkaido hot spring

National Jul 4, 2018

130 rescued after heavy rain leaves them stranded at Hokkaido hot spring

Some 130 people who had been stranded at a hot spring resort in Hokkaido were rescued Wednesday after torrential rains triggered landslides in the area the previous day. The people who were staying at Tenninkyo hot spring in the town of Higashikawa walked across what ...

Fishing boat sinks in storm off Miyagi; crew of 18 rescued

National Jun 20, 2018

Fishing boat sinks in storm off Miyagi; crew of 18 rescued

by Reiji Yoshida

All 18 crew members aboard a 32-meter fishing boat that started sinking Wednesday in stormy weather about 850 km east of Miyagi Prefecture were rescued by nearby vessels, according to the Japan Coast Guard. The 122-ton Koryo Maru No. 68 from Kochi Prefecture, which had ...

New EU sea mission no longer requires ships to take migrants only to Italy

World / Social Issues Feb 2, 2018

New EU sea mission no longer requires ships to take migrants only to Italy

The European Union's border agency Frontex launched a new Mediterranean operation called Themis on Thursday, removing the obligation of the previous mission to bring rescued migrants only to Italy. Italy has repeatedly lamented a lack of EU solidarity in managing immigration. The previous Frontex operation, ...

Four missing climbers airlifted to Hokkaido hospital in rescue from Mount Asahidake

National Oct 19, 2017

Four missing climbers airlifted to Hokkaido hospital in rescue from Mount Asahidake

Four climbers who were reported missing this week on snowy Mount Asahidake, the highest peak in Hokkaido, were taken to a hospital Thursday without any life-threatening injuries, police said. A rescue helicopter winched the four — two Japanese and two foreigners — to safety earlier ...

National Sep 2, 2017

Japanese climber rescued in Northern Alps eight days after vanishing on solo trek

A 76-year-old hiker was rescued Friday eight days after setting off alone to explore the Northern Alps, the police said. Hiroshi Muramatsu was found near Mount Shishidake in Toyama Prefecture in a conscious but weak state, the police said. Rescuers spotted Muramatsu by helicopter at around ...

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