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Major earthquake off Japan's north coast prompts tsunami alert

A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast Monday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to issue a tsunami alert for a wide section of coastline, though waves of only abou...

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Major 7.7-magnitude quake hits off Japan, tsunami advisories issued

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Japan tsunami warnings downgraded as people describe 'low rumbling' as earthquake hit

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Japan Is Used to Earthquakes, but What About a Big One?

For many people in Japan, the country’s regular tremors are not a big deal.

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Old videos falsely linked to 7.7-magnitude tremor that rattled northern Japan

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Is Japan Still Safe To Visit Amid Recent Tsunami Warnings?

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Tsunami advisory lifted after Japan earthquake but warnings for potential stronger quake issued

Monday’s earthquake prompted the country’s disaster management agency to issue evacuation orders to more than 180,000 people.

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7.7 Japan Earthquake Unleashes Tsunami Scare in Hokkaido (Aerial Video)

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Japan tsunami warnings downgraded but evacuation orders remain

Japan opens door to global arms market

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Japan loosens arms export rules in break from post-WW2 pacifism

Japan has relaxed decades-old restrictions on its arms exports, clearing the way for it to sell weapons to more than a dozen countries.

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Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy

West Hawaii Today · 9h

Japan opens door to global arms market with overhaul of defense export rules

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Japan opens door to global arms market with biggest export rule change in decades

Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defense export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for exports of warships, missiles and other weapons...

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Japan’s lifting of arms export limits opens options for India

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Japan eases arms export curbs in major shift from post-war pacifism

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Chinese navy brushes past Okinawa islands as tensions with Japan flare

(Corrects paragraph 5 to say a group of Chinese naval vessels sailed through the Yokoate Waterway on Sunday, not the Yonaguni-Iriomote Waterway) BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters) - China said a group of its naval vessels,

Japan approves scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports

The approval clears a final set of hurdles for Japan's postwar arms sales and facilitate its future sale of weapons such as a next-generation fighter jet and combat drones.

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Japan records 5th straight fiscal year of trade deficits as Trump's tariffs hit auto exports

Japan has reported a trade deficit of $10.7 billion for the fiscal year that ended in March, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies hit auto exports

Giant invasive toads in Japan are rapidly getting bigger and scientists don’t know why

Invasive cane toads in Japan are growing bigger and changing more rapidly than suggested by long-held theories about the pace of evolution, scientists say in a new study. The cane toad has spread to more than 40 countries from its habitat in northeastern South America,

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Japan’s trade outlook clouded by Middle East conflict

Japan’s exports and imports continued to rise in March but the trade outlook for the months ahead remains clouded by war in the Middle East.

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Japan advises halt to MBK's Makino Milling bid amid security review, Nikkei reports

TOKYO, April 22 (Reuters) - The Japanese government has advised Asian investment fund MBK Partners to halt its acquisition of machine tools maker Makino Milling Machine following a national security review,