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Yuri Shekhunov22.09.2022

Typhoon Nanmadol, better known in Japan as Typhoon No. 14 (serial number this year), caused great damage to the Land of the Rising Sun. As a result of the elements, three people died and 133 were injured in the south and southwest of Japan, NHK reported. On the island of Kyushu, the brunt of the […]

Yuri Chekalin12.04.2022

East Japan Railway Co on Thursday resumed services on the entire Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line for the first time since a powerful earthquake hit the country’s northeastern region nearly a month ago. Services were disrupted when a Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train traveling between Tokyo and Sendai, the capital of Miyagi Prefecture, derailed following the […]

Yuri Chekalin11.04.2022

Police in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, have arrested a 57-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he dropped a bowling ball to the street below from the 4th-floor corridor of his apartment building. According to police, the incident occurred at around 10:40 p.m. on April 10, Kyodo News reported. Police said Michio Shimizu, a carpenter, […]

Yuri Chekalin08.04.2022

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday reported 8,540 new coronavirus cases, up 287 from Wednesday and down 213 from last Thursday. By age group, 1,689 cases were in their 20s, 1,645 in their 30s and 1,321 in their 40s, while 1,107 were aged between 10 and 19, and 1,370 younger than 10. The number of […]

Yuri Chekalin04.04.2022

Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday after an advance on Wall Street that ended a three-day losing streak. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai advanced while Seoul edged lower. Oil prices fell back and U.S. futures climbed. Investors appeared to brush aside fresh evidence that inflation remains widespread in the U.S. economy according to a U.S. […]

Yuri Chekalin28.03.2022

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday reported 8,875 new coronavirus cases, up 2,445 from Wednesday and up 414 from last Thursday. The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 41, down three Wednesday, health officials said. The nationwide number is 891, down 25 from Wednesday.

Yuri Chekalin28.03.2022

Japanese Diet enacted Tuesday a record 107.60 trillion yen ($900 billion) budget for fiscal 2022 to finance measures against the coronavirus as well as rising social security and national defense costs. The House of Councillors passed the budget for the year starting on April 1, following its approval by the House of Representatives in late […]

Yuri Chekalin28.03.2022

Russia refused to negotiate a peace treaty with Japan. In the context of the fate of the Kuril Islands, this decision is historically justified, well due and just. Obviously, we would never have found any consensus with the Japanese on the island topic. This was understood by both us and them. So the negotiations about […]

Yuri Chekalin01.02.2022

Tokyo reports 14,445 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 81,655. The Tokyo metropolitan government on Tuesday reported 14,445 new coronavirus cases, up 2,694 from Monday and up 1,632 from last Tuesday. By age group, 2,824 cases were in their 20s, 2,549 in their 30s, 2,279 in their 40s and 1,469 in their 50s, while 1,642 were […]

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Typhoon in Japan

Entire Tohoku bullet train line back in service a month after quake

Man arrested after dropping bowling ball from 4th floor of apartment building

Tokyo reports 8,540 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 55,294

Asian shares track Wall Street higher, oil prices retreat

Tokyo reports 8,875 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 49,929

Diet enacts record ¥107.60 tril budget for FY2022

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation D.A. Medvedev:

Tokyo reports record number of new coronavirus cases

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