Sasago tunnel collapse sparks urgent inspection of other highway tunnels across Japan
Posted by: Jennifer Rees
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-12-05 23:08:04 -0800 | disasters-news
After revelations that old rods and bolts might have led to the collapse of Japan’s Sasago tunnel that killed at least nine people, Japanese authorities have called for urgent examination of highway tunnels across the country. The tunnel collapse Sunday,...
Japan’s Sasago tunnel collapses killing several people, trapping vehicles
Posted by: Jennifer Rees
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-12-05 14:25:10 -0800 | disasters-news
Japan’s Sasago tunnel collapsed Sunday, shutting in several vehicles and killing a number of people. Authorities reported around seven people still missing at the site. According to latest reports, some dead bodies have already been recovered from the debris of...
A street tunnel is collapsed in Japan
Posted by: hmtis
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-12-05 09:09:24 -0800 | disasters-news
A street tunnel has fallen in Japan, trapping various vehicles, Japanese media reports declare. The episode happened at about 08:00 nearby time (23:00 GMT Saturday) in the Sasago tunnel, about 80km (50 miles) west of the capital Tokyo. Popular telecaster...
Japan hits by a 5.2 magnitude Earthquake
Posted by: Mary Grace Keiner
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-11-12 08:39:05 -0800 | disasters-news
USGS said the 5.2 magnitude earthquake was at a depth of 20.8 miles and was centered 30 miles southeast of Iwaki and 118 miles northeast of Tokyo. No tsunami warning was issued, and there were no injuries or damage has...
Veegwagen sweeps man
Posted by: gloriacalzita
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-11-07 15:01:32 -0800 | disasters-news
In Tokyo, a man found dead in a dumpster after he was swept up by a veegwagen. The driver of the veegwagen says he has not noticed. Probably was the man in the street. It is not clear whether he...
CNN crew landed to Japan and South Korea island dispute sovereignty
Posted by: gloriacalzita
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-11-07 14:57:34 -0800 | disasters-news
CNN.co.jp delivery 57 minutes (Friday) 11:00, 5 October Small islands of Japan and South Korea (CNN) at odds over the sovereignty, Takeshima, the Japanese name, Dokdo, Korean name, has become a diplomatic issue for decades as long as you see...
Towards a global shortage of diapers?
Posted by: gloriacalzita
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-11-07 14:57:47 -0800 | disasters-news
The explosion of a factory producing superabsorbent polymers-one of the components used in the manufacture of diapers, Japan fears of a global shortage. Parents of young children soon in trouble? An explosion at a factory in Japan superabsorbent polymers fears...
US hopes to head off war between China and Japan
Posted by: itobin53
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-11-02 01:37:59 -0700 | disasters-news
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has begun a planned trip to Asia and hopes talks with Chinese and Japanese officials will stave of a potential war between the two nations. In Tokyo, Panetta expressed deep concerns over territorial disputes between...
Deep magnitude 7.5 quake off Russia coast to the north of Japan
Posted by: jesettextine
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-08-14 16:27:32 -0700 | disasters-news
According to Reuters report, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck off the eastern Russian coast to the north of Japan. U.S. Geological Survey recorded the said earthquake took place Tuesday morning. There was no tsunami warning issued...
Japan Floods Update: At least 24 killed, 8 missing among hundreds of thousands affected
Posted by: madn3wz
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-07-27 12:26:06 -0700 | disasters-news
TOKYO, Japan (Sun, Jul 15) – At least 24 people have reportedly been perished and hundreds of thousands have been suffering following flooding and landslides caused by record rainfall in the southern island of Kyushu in Japan. The unprecedented rainfall...
Japan flood and land slides resulted in twenty two deaths and over thousands stranded.
Posted by: Vicky247
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-07-18 00:42:36 -0700 | disasters-news
Over 230000 personals ordered to displace from the affected areas of Yame, Fukuoka prefecture in northern Kyushu island. Rescue teams have rushed to the sites for locating many missing. Uptill now over twenty fatalities were reported while the rescue teams...
Tokyo conference likely to fetch $16 billion for Afghanistan
Posted by: StephenManual
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-07-27 14:27:44 -0700 | disasters-news
The one-day donor conference being held in Tokyo on Sunday is likely to fetch pledges of worth $16 billion dollar for development of Afghanistan. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, German Foreign Minister Guido...
Nuclear Terror Plants (NTP): Japanese regime puts people at permanent risk
Posted by: abdulruff
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-07-26 17:10:27 -0700 | disasters-news
Nuclear Terror Plants (NTP): Japanese regime puts people at permanent risk -Col. DR. ABDUL RUFF __________ [Capitalists can thrive by other ways as well and can avoid nuclear terror projects for profit making. Japan is causing devastating problems for many...
5.4 magnitude earthquake hits Eastern Japan
Posted by: jesettextine
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-07-27 14:34:38 -0700 | disasters-news
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 hit Eastern Japan on Tuesday. The said report was posted over Japan Meteorological Agency site. The agency said no tsunami warning had been issued, and there were no immediate reports of casualties...
Okinawa Governor keeps rejecting U.S. deployment of aircraft.
Posted by: IQBALMEMON468
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-07-27 13:08:59 -0700 | disasters-news
The governor of Okinawa, Hirokazu Nakaima today called for the country's authorities to halt plans to deploy in a base of U.S. aircraft that island-type MV-22 Osprey, involved in several accidents. Nakaima reported that position Koichiro Gemba Chancellor, who said...
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