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Fireball observed over wide areas of Japan People in many parts of Japan have reported seeing what appeared to be a fireball flashing through the sky on Wednesday night. Eyewitness reports were posted on social media about the phenomenon that was observed shortly after 8:30 p.m. in regions including Kanto, Tokai and Kinki. A video taken by an NHK camera in the western prefecture of Osaka shows a ball of light streaking across the sky for several seconds at around that time. Fujii Daichi, a cu...

People in many parts of Japan have reported seeing what appeared to be a fireball flashing through the sky on Wednesday night.

news 18% of clinics in Japan refuse to accept stroke patients due to coronavirus: survey The Mainichi © The Mainichi An ambulance is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi/Kazuhisa Soneda) TOKYO -- About 20% of medical institutions in Japan were not able to accept emergency stroke patients and were downsizing their medical care systems due to the new coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by the Japan Stroke Society. The main reason is that medical institutions are using the...

* Maintains view for 5 regions, says economies picking up * Upbeat view heightens chance BOJ will stand pat next week * Expanded state of emergency dampens Japan’s recovery prospect (Recasts with details on BOJ’s quarterly report) TOKYO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan raised its assessment for three of the country’s nine regions and described most local economies as picking up, offering a sanguine view even as new measures to contain the coronavirus cloud the outlook. In a quarterly...

Vanguard News Record snowfall hits Japan, kills 13, injures hundreds On Kindly Share This Story: At least 13 people died and about 250 were injured as record snowfall blanketed regions along the Sea of Japan coast, the Japanese Fire and Disaster Management Agency said on Tuesday. According to the agency and local media reports, three people aged in their 60s and 80s died in Fukui Prefecture, while 47 people were injured in the prefecture in snow-linked accidents. Niigata Prefecture saw four pe...

At least 13 people died and around 250 were injured as record snowfall blanketed regions along the Sea of Japan coast, according to the latest report by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

Japanese weather officials say snowfall is forecast for the Pacific side of the country, as the heavy snow that hit Sea of Japan areas subsides.

Snowed in Jan. 16 | 12:01 am JST ©2021 GPlusMedia Inc. I want to go there. I miss the snow from my home country. And Akita has some of the best 日本酒 in Japan. 1 ( +3 / -2 ) Jan. 9 09:40 am JST Ho! Yes, my fathers ancestors are also from Akita. But Ive never been there. At any rate, looks so cold. 3 ( +3 / -0 )

© Kiyoshi Kimura Streetcars stop their operation due to heavy snowfall in Toyama on Jan. 8. A record amount of snowfall blanketed central Japans Hokuriku region by the morning of Jan. 8, forcing residents to cope with slippery and treacherous snow-packed roads and sidewalks. In Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, the snow accumulation during the 12-hour period through the early morning totalled 59 centimeters, a record high. In Toyama, it reached 48 cm, the highest ever for the capital of the prefectu...

Stand-alone photo: Japan snow FacebookTwitterEmail Heavy snowfall hit the Hokuriku region late Thursday, causing power outages affecting tens of thousands of homes along the Sea of Japan coast.According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the snowfall is the result of a rapidly developing low-pressure system and a strong winter pressure system. The city of Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture logged a record 59 centimeters (about 23 inches) of snow in the 12-hour span through Friday morning, while Toya...