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Japanese budget carrier Peach Aviation is to resume flights to Taiwan from Sept. 16 after a 17-month service suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Peach said its services between Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and Kansai International Airport, near Osaka, would be its second international flight resumption after the pandemic started to ease and countries increasingly opened their borders. It last month announced the resumption of flights between Kansai and Incheon International Airport...

Thousands of residents in Miyagi Prefecture were instructed to evacuate July 16 as record rainfall extended to northern areas from the night before.

Taipei, July 16 (CNA) Japanese budget carrier Peach Aviation will resume its flights to Taiwan starting from Sept. 16 after a 17-month service suspension due to COVID-19.

In June 2020, Tohoku University announced major reforms to its business operations, adopting a new work style to adapt to the coronavirus that was forcing students and staff to stay home. Leveraging its strength in AI and information technology, the

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the central government intends to bring up to nine nuclear reactors online this winter to prepare for possible power shortages during peak periods. 

Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 held in Bali in May 2022 offered solutions

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has called for up to nine of the ten reactors that have already been restarted to be in operation over the winter to avoid electricity shortages. There are currently five reactors in operation in the country.

Unstable atmospheric conditions brought downpours mainly to the Tohoku region on July 13, causing flooding in some rivers in Miyagi Prefecture.

The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) held the "29th National Disaster Risk Reduction Forum" on July 13 to gather additional input into its report about disaster prevention measures, while also announcing that it would buy equipment to protect against lightning strikes for use in some vulnerable areas.

Flooding and disruptions ongoing across eastern Japan due to heavy rainfall; evacuations ongoing. Further rainfall possible.