A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has jolted the main island of Japan as Typhoon Hagibis, one of the strongest storms to hit in decades, continues to reap devastation throughout the central region of the co…

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Typhoon Hagibis has begun its rampage along the Pacific coast of Japan’s main island with 5.16 million evacuation advisories ordered up and down Honshu’s south coast.
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Suppose Design Office has reimagined traditional elements of Japanese architecture inside the Tokyo workspace of tech company Slack.
Slack's Tokyo office is located just opposite the city's Imperial …

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The eye of Typhoon Hagibis made landfall shortly before 19:00 local time (10:00 GMT) in Izu Peninsula, southwest of Tokyo.
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Tornado-like winds whipped up by the a…

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(CNN) — It was perhaps the biggest shock of this year's annual Michelin star ratings.
The Araki , a sushi restaurant in London's Mayfair, had been stripped of all three of its Michelin stars.
Araki -…

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Tokyo (CNN) Typhoon Hagibis made landfall Saturday night local time, as the country braces for hurricane-force winds which has killed one person and injured 33.
The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JM…

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Hong Kong (CNN Business) Many of the world's top carmakers may be racing to make plug-in electric vehicles in response to the climate crisis, but Toyota is hedging its bets by backing an alternative …

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Written by Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu, the novel depicts the romantic epic of Prince Genji and his love interest Murasaki-no-ue.
The found chapter contains an important part of the novel in…

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In September, a Japanese man was arrested for reportedly stalking a pop star and attacking and groping her at her home, according to Japanese news organization NHK.
Allegedly, this man found the woma…

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Hagibis is being compared to a typhoon in 1958 that killed 1,200 people and caused destruction across the Tokyo area and Shizuoka prefecture.
Emergency alerts accompanied by loud chimes are being sen…

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