Volcano, avalanche injure 17 in Gunma
Weather officials say a volcano in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, erupted on Tuesday morning. At almost the same time, an avalanche nearby left one member of Japan's Self-Defense Fo…
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Snow 2018!
Tokyo gets at most one round of heavy snow every winter, and there is one today!
Onsen Time!
A group of monkeys at a zoo in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, has been taking refuge from the chilly winter conditions in a hot bath. Staff at the Fukuoka City Zoological Garden filled a poo…
Wage Increase?
Japan's business and labor leaders are kicking off their annual wage negotiations, with the focus this year on whether managers will agree to a bigger pay hike amid robust corporate earnings.…
NHK's False Alert
NHK is apologizing after issuing a false alert that said North Korea had probably launched a missile and warned people in Japan to take cover. The false message was sent in Japanese shortly befo…
Wireless Power!
Hiroshi Amano, a professor from Nagoya University who was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics, is developing together with other researchers a remote power supply system that sends energy to dist…
Godzilla elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Former Japanese baseball star Hideki Matsui has become the youngest inductee into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. The 43-year-old Matsui, nicknamed "Godzilla," was electe…
Bird Flu?
Officials in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, say dead birds found at a local poultry farm have tested positive for bird flu in a preliminary check. The officials received a report from the far…
Japanese astronaut sorry for 9cm ISS growth mistake
A Japanese astronaut has apologised for wrongly stating he has grown 9cm (3.5in) since arriving at the International Space Station (ISS) just over three weeks ago.
Disaster Info thru Car Navi
This is a pretty cool idea. So many vehicles already have car navi devices, and they can be put into good use.