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Storm smashes Japan's space center; 130,000 Kyushu homes are still without electricity
Two people were killed and more than 100 were injured when a tropical storm that dumped torrential rain as it crossed Japan made its way into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. The storm also paralyzed transportation and left thousands of houses without power.
Typhoon Nanmadol struck souther...
KYUSHU UNIVERSITY TO OFFER COVID-19 ANTIBODY TEST KIT THAT USES SILKWORMS
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- Kyushu University to offer COVID-19 antibody test kit that uses silkworms.
- Kaico Ltd. and Protects Co. have jointly developed the mail-in kit.
- Each test kit is priced at around 5,000 yen and will take a week to get result...
JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY WARNS ABOUT TYPHOON CHAN-HOM
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- Japan Meteorological Agency (JIMA) warns about typhoon Chan-hom.
- JIMA mentioned typhoon to hit western and eastern Japan between Oct.10 and 11.
- On Oct.9, as of 10 a.m (JST), the typhoon was located about 270 km in western...
JAPAN REPORTED 1 DEATH AND 108 INJURED DUE TO TYPHOON HAISHEN
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- Japan reported 1 death and 108 injured due to typhoon Haishen.
- A woman in her 70s in Kagoshima prefecture died after falling in a street gutter while trying to evacuate.
- Around 23,000 people in 11 prefectures were taking...
TYPHOON HAISHEN WREAKS HAVOC ACROSS S KOREA DISRUPTING POWER LINES AND UPROOTING TREES
- Typhoon Haishen made contact just north of the South Korean city of Busan on Monday morning, wrecking power to homes and factories, uprooting trees, and abrupting trains leaving them cancelled and flights grounded.
- The storm, with heavy gales and powerful gusts of winds of as m...
AFTER MAYSAK, TYPHOON HAISHEN BRINGS IN FIERCE WINDS AND RAIN IN JAPAN
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- After Maysak, typhoon Haishen brings in fierce winds and rain in Japan.
- Several rivers on the main southwestern islands of Kyushu were at risk.
- Haishen is considered to be powerful and is also large in its reach of areas...
JAPAN SEEKS COOPERATION FROM G-20 MEMBERS TO MAP OUT GLOBAL MARINE MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION
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- Japan seeks cooperation from G-20 members to map out global marine microplastic pollution.
- The map will show where the waste originated.
- All the G-20 summit members aim to reduce additional pollution from microplastic litter to...
18 PEOPLE INJURED IN MAIN ISLAND OF KYUSHU DUE TO TYPHOON MAYSAK
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- 18 people injured in main island of Kyushu due to typhoon Maysak.
- Typhoon Haishen is expected to approach the area on Sunday or Monday.
- The tenth typhoon in the country, Haishen, could hit Okinawa prefecture by Friday.
JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY REPORTS TYPHOON MAYSAK APPROACHING KYUSHU REGION
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- Japan Meteorological Agency reports typhoon Maysak approaching Kyushu region with strength.
- Typhoon Maysak is the ninth tropical storm of 2020.
- On Sept.2, as of 10:50 AM, the typhoon was located north of the Okinawa pref...
KYUSHU RAILWAY CO. TO REDUCE NUMBER OF TRAIN SERVICES ON CONVENTIONAL LINES
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- Kyushu Railway Co. to reduce number of train services on conventional lines.
- Coronavirus pandemic has led to a fall in customers using train services.
- Revenue for ticket sales from April 6 to Aug. 24 has gone down to 65 p...
JAPAN EFFECTIVELY REPORT LOWER IMPORTS OF FUEL TO POWER NUCLEAR PLANTS
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- Japan effectively report lower imports of fuel to power nuclear plants.
- The country hardly imported any such fuel last year.
- Stricter safety measures have been imposed on nuclear plant operators after the 2011 Fukushima ...