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Stockholm: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organisation of survivors of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons. The group was formed in 1956, it is the…

Japan: A dormant US bomb from World War II exploded at Miyazaki Airport in southern Japan on wednesday. The unexploded US bomb had been buried at the Japanese airport since long. The explosion has caused a large crater in a taxiway. More…

Tokyo: Typhoon Shanshan, which weakened into a tropical storm on Sunday, continued to bring severe thunderstorms to many parts of Japan. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the tenth typhoon of the year, almost stationary off…

Tokyo: Typhoon Shanshan, which made its landfall on Thursday in the Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima, has brought heavy rain and strong winds that left three people dead, 82 injured, and one missing. A landslide in Gamagori city of the…

Tokyo: Japan's most powerful typhoon Shanshan makes landfall on the main southern island of Kyushu, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), on Thursday. By 8:00 a.m. local time, the cyclone had moved slightly north to 31.55…

Japan: Japan on high alert as Typhoon Shanshan barrels toward the southern island of Kyushu, with the very strong storm set to bring heavy rain before making landfall. The Jeju Regional Meteorological Administration had issued a strong…

Tokyo: Japan's weather agency on Wednesday issued emergency warnings for storms and high waves in Kagoshima prefecture, calling for top-level alerts among residents as powerful typhoon Shanshan approaches Japan. The Japan Meteorological…

New Delhi: Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defence Minister Minoru Kihara, who arrived in New Delhi on Monday, will hold the third round of India-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial meeting with their Indian counterparts…

Tokyo: Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida announced that he will step down  as ruling party leader in September, media reported on Wednesday. "Politics cannot function without public trust," Kishida said in a press conference on…

Tokyo: A U.S. military helicopter made an emergency landing in a rice paddy in Kanagawa prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Saturday morning. No one was injured in the incident, informed local fire department. More details awaited.…