China has warned of severe economic retaliation against Japan if it further restricts chipmaking equipment sales and servicing to Chinese firms, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with…
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3 dead, 45 injured as Typhoon Shanshan makes devastating landfall in Japan
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskMillions of people were ordered to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and torrential rain, knocking out power, snarling air traffic, and forcing major…
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a surprise move Wednesday, announced he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, paving the way for Japan to have…
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Two powerful earthquakes hit off Japan; tsunami warning issued
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskA 6.9-magnitude earthquake followed by a 7.1 tremor struck off southern Japan on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, with the local meteorological agency warning of tsunamis striking coastal…
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Japan disciplines military top brass for mishandling classified information
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskJapan on Friday disciplined more than 200 defence personnel, including the military’s top brass and senior bureaucrats, for mishandling classified material and other incidents. The information security problems have occurred…
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Biden blames China, Japan and India’s economic woes on ‘xenophobia’
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskPresident Joe Biden said on Wednesday that “xenophobia” from China to Japan and India is hobbling their growth, as he argued that migration has been good for the U.S. economy.…
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Three injured in stabbing incident on Tokyo train, woman in custody
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskThree men were injured on Wednesday in a stabbing incident and taken to hospital after a woman wielded a knife on a train at Akihabara Station in Tokyo, Japanese police…
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A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake — measured as the “strongest” on the Japanese scale — rocked Japan on Monday prompting a tsunami warning for a broad swath of the country’s…
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S.Korea, Japan, US condemn North Korea’s supply of arms to Russia
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskSouth Korea, Japan and the United States strongly condemned the supply of arms and military equipment by North Korea to Russia and said they had confirmed “several” deliveries of such…
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Japan has launched a rocket carrying a lunar exploration spacecraft as the country looks to become the world’s fifth to land on the moon. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)…