7 month agoJapan Meteorological Agency @JMA_kishou issued its highest level heavy rain emergency warning on Saturday for Tokyo and 11 prefectures in central and eastern Japan as it braces for Typhoon Hagibis
As of 7 p.m. on Saturday, evacuation orders at level 4 on the 5-level warning scale had been issued for 813,000 households in Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano, Shizuoka and Mie. Hagibis Typhoon
7 month agoAnd that was an earthquake that just rippled through Tokyo.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 55km SSE of Katsuura, Japan
7 month agoLosing light, ferocious out there Ebisu island
Japanese broadcaster NHK reports Japan Airlines is cancelling more than 90% of its domestic flights to and from Haneda and Narita Airports on Saturday due to Super Typhoon Hagibis
Japan rescues 60 of the North Korean fishing trawler crew members following the collision
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 21km SE of Yanai, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 91km E of Namie, Japan
DPRK launch of two ballistic missiles violates UN resolutions, @AbeShinzo tells reporters
Japan government describing it as a "ballistic missile," reports @nhk_news
Japan's chief cabinet secretary says a DPRK rocket (or missile) has landed in its EEZ off Shimane Prefecture
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 8km WSW of Hitachi, Japan
Japan-based U.S. aircraft carrier in South China Sea ahead of key Chinese anniversary
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 44km SE of Ofunato, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 109km S of Kushiro, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 23km SSE of Nishinoomote, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 22km SSW of Nemuro, Japan
8 month agoSome of the US concessions in the trade deal with Japan, outlined by @USTradeRep
US President: The first phase of the trade agreement with Japan will open markets for US products estimated at 7 billion dollars
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 16km E of Otsuchi, Japan
North Korea's foreign ministry spokesperson says they expelled Japanese navy patrol boats in Aug. 23 and 24 from its EEZ, KCNA reports. Yomiuri four days ago reported that North Korean boats were threatening Japan's fisheries on the same date in its EEZ
South Korea, Japan explore possibility of talks between their top diplomats: sources
Nikolai Patrushev met with Shinzo Abe in Tokyo
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 60km E of Yamada, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 60km E of Mutsu, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 8km SE of Otsuchi, Japan
8 month agoJapan Self-defense Navy has identified 2 Russian ships near cape Soya
The US Navy's USS Lake Erie conducted a "freedom of navigation operation" in the vicinity of Taiwan Tuesday, challenging what the US says are Taipei's "excessive straight baseline claims" off the Taiwanese coast
A woman is dead and another seriously injured after Typhoon Faxai struck east of Tokyo. The powerful storm also snarled travel, cancelling more than 160 flights and shutting scores of train lines
