Tag: Japan

Over 90 feared dead in Hiroshima landslides

(Reuters) — Heavy rain delayed a search on Friday (August 22) for more than 50 people believed buried under a deadly landslide on the edge of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Rescue workers feared the continuing rain could set off further landslides in the area after a month’s rain fell in one night on Wednesday (August 20), loosening slopes already saturated by heavy rain over the past few weeks. The death toll currently stands at 39. […]

Typhoon on its way to Japan

Typhoon “Jose” moves towards southern Japan while maintaining its strength. Although the typhoon has no effect on the country, it is strengthening the prevailing “habagat” weather system, bringing rains all over the country.

Japan’s security fears grow as neighbors build up arms

By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO Mon Aug 4, 2014 9:33pm EDT (Reuters) – Japan finds itself surrounded by a worsening security environment as North Korea pushes forward with missile development and China and Russia step up military activity in the region, Japan’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry’s annual white paper comes after intermittent testing by North Korea of ballistic missiles in defiance of a U.N. ban, and a record number of scrambles by Japanese […]

Japan’s ruling party loses local vote after security policy shift

By Linda Sieg TOKYO Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:10pm EDT (Reuters) – A candidate backed by Japan’s ruling coalition lost a race for a governorship on Sunday in an apparent backlash against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to end a security policy that has kept the military from fighting abroad since 1945. The election in the western prefecture of Shiga was the first high-profile poll since Abe’s cabinet adopted a resolution ending the ban on […]