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Dining sector in quake-hit Ishikawa facing difficulties

[ad_1] Kaga, Ishikawa Pref. – The major New Year's Day earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture has been putting a strain on the dining industry in the region, which had just begun to overcome a slump brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.Ishikawa's Noto Peninsula bore the brunt of the damage from the quake. However, other areas in the prefecture that were less affected by the 7.6 magnitude temblor are seeing a plunge in the number of visitors, at rates similar to those […]

todayFebruary 2, 2024

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Iceland prepares for a future of increased volcanic activity

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN – Icelanders are working round-the-clock to build dykes the size of three-storey buildings to protect a vital power plant and homes from lava flows, since volcanoes near the capital Reykjavik that were dormant for nearly 800 years became active.The six volcanic systems, which experts forecast will be active for up to three centuries, stretch under Iceland's southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, home to 30,000 people, nearly 8% of the country's […]

todayFebruary 2, 2024

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Prosecutors seek 23 years for Japanese doctor in consensual killing case

[ad_1] Prosecutors on Thursday sought a 23-year jail term for Yoshikazu Okubo, 45, a doctor accused of the consensual killing of a woman with a fatal neurological disease.Okubo is accused of conspiring with former doctor Naoki Yamamoto, 46, in administering a fatal dose of a sedative drug through a gastric feeding tube to Yuri Hayashi, then 51, at her request in her apartment in Kyoto on Nov. 30, 2019. The […]

todayFebruary 2, 2024

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Curtain falls on Abe faction’s 45-year history but scrutiny to continue

[ad_1] The Liberal Democratic Party's largest political faction formally met Thursday for what was likely to be the final time, as the group, previously headed by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, announced it was bringing down the curtain on its 45-year run.But with questions still swirling about the involvement of Abe faction members, especially faction leaders, in an LDP political slush funds scandal, the decision to dissolve the faction — […]

todayFebruary 2, 2024

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No injuries as wing tips of passenger jets touch at airport in Osaka

[ad_1] The wing tips of two passenger jets "scratched" each other at a Japanese airport Thursday, an airport operator said, in the latest in a string of aviation recent mishaps in the country. Reports said no one was injured in the incident involving the two All Nippon Airways aircraft at Osaka's Itami airport for domestic flights. "We've been told wing tips of two ANA planes scratched each other" shortly after […]

todayFebruary 2, 2024

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¥17 billion raised for quake-hit Ishikawa

[ad_1] Donations to quake-hit Ishikawa have reached around ¥17 billion ($116 million), prefectural officials said Thursday. According to the officials, 223,365 donations totaling ¥16,925 million had been made as of Tuesday. A committee made up of members of related organizations will decide how to allocate the funds, which will be distributed to those affected by the quake via local municipalities. Satofull, a Tokyo-based operator of a website for the central […]

todayFebruary 2, 2024

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U.S. and Japan conduct joint naval drills

[ad_1] On board the USS Carl Vinson – The U.S. and Japanese navies held joint exercises in the Philippine Sea this week, in a show of force as tensions with China and North Korea rise.Washington and Beijing are at loggerheads over a raft of issues, from chips to tariffs, but both have been alarmed by the growing assertiveness of China's military in the Pacific.China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own […]

todayFebruary 2, 2024

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Jera to check two thermal power plants in Japan after fire

[ad_1] Jera, Japan's biggest power generator, will check two thermal power plants that are using woody biomass fuel similar to the Taketoyo thermal power station which was hit by a fire on Jan. 31, it said in a statement.Japan is the world's second biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and any disruptions at its domestic power plants — be that thermal or nuclear facilities — are closely watched by […]

todayFebruary 1, 2024

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Lunar night puts Japanese lander back to sleep

[ad_1] After a brief awakening, Japan's Moon lander is out of action again but will resume its mission if it survives the two-week lunar night, the country's space agency said Thursday.The unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down last month at a wonky angle that left its solar panels facing the wrong way.As the sun's angle shifted, it came back to life for two days this week and […]

todayFebruary 1, 2024

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