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Effectiveness of preparations as a “last line of defense” to save residents in the event of a nuclear disaster are in doubt.

Skeptics have maintained that there were scant grounds for the assertion that raccoon dogs were the pandemic’s intermediate species, if the only evidence for that claim was the presence of viral and animal DNA in the same market stall in a crowded marketplace.

Kohei Uchimura, a winner of three Olympic gymnastics gold medals, will appear at Yuzuru Hanyu's ice show in the figure skating star's home Miyagi Prefecture this March as a guest, the show's official website says.

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TOKYO -- East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) workers have begun removing a Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train that derailed in the northeastern Japan city of

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said it expects to resume full operations on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line around April 20 in time to meet demand for the peak Golden Week travel season following the derailment of a 17-car bullet train in an earthquake last week.

Authorities lifted a tsunami advisory and electricity was restored after a powerful 7.4-magnitude quake jolted northeastern Japan on Wednesday night in waters near the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

TOKYO — A powerful 7.3-magnitude quake jolted eastern Japan on Wednesday night, rattling the capital Tokyo and prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the northeast coast.The quake, which cut power to more than two million households, was centred off the coast of the Fukushima region at a depth of 60 kilometres, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.“Calls have been

Some locations measured magnitude 7.3 and shaking strength of six or more on the Japanese scale, making it impossible for people to stand.