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The Aomori Prefectural government in Japan had started on December 15 to cull some 1.37 million chickens raised at a poultry farm in the city of Misawa, where an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed.

ROKKASHO, Aomori Prefecture—Frustration, impatience and costs continue to soar as Japan’s nuclear fuel cycle policy has again reached an impasse.

HONG KONG, Aug 12, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - As the effects of the pandemic continue to be felt by economies across the globe, Hong Kong looks to strengthen economic relations with its key trade partners.

Authorities on Okinawa plan to protest a Navy pilot’s decision to jettison an F/A-18 Super Hornet’s empty fuel tank at sea.

With the Omicron variant still raging across Japan, the central government is finalizing the extension of COVID-19 pre-emergency measures in Okinawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima prefectures, according to sources.

Photos and video show 11 crew members lined up on an Aomori Airport ramp beside a snowman as the F-16 taxis away past mounds of snow.

The United States military continued the operations of its F-16 fighter jets in Japan overruling the advice of Tokyo to ground all the machines, as per reports.

A U.S. F-16 fighter jet jettisoned two fuel tanks during an emergency in Aomori Prefecture on Nov. 30.

After Japan asked the US not to fly F-16 fighters jets until its investigation into the dropping of fuel tanks is complete, new F-16 flights were logged regardless.

The request came after one of the jets dropped two fuel tanks on Tuesday evening before making an emergency landing at Aomori Airport.