Washington is to ask Tokyo to host a Homeland Defence Radar unit that would give it early warning of intercontinental ballistic missile launches by China, Russia and North Korea
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 44km SSE of Shizunai, Japan
Fire erupts in Marunouchi Trust Tower North in central Tokyo, civil defense on high alert:
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 13km NW of Miyako, Japan
1 month agoRussian ministry of Defense reports 2 Tu-95MS with Su-35S fighter jets and A-50 overflew over Japan(East) Sea, Yellow and Eastern Chinese Sea. South Korean F15 and F16, Japanese F2 followed them on "some stages"
Japan enthrones Emperor Naruhito
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 72km S of Kushiro, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 67km SE of Ofunato, Japan
1 month agoThe power's out in Hoyasu, the worst hit district in Nagano, Japan. @CBSNews is here. We drove in to see destroyed homes, toppled power lines, flipped cars and thick mud that sucked our boots off. As people return to work, remember not everyone was spared from #TyphoonHagibis
Hagibis death toll in Japan rises to 56 with 15 people still missing.
1 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
1 month agoAnd that was an earthquake that just rippled through Tokyo.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 55km SSE of Katsuura, Japan
1 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
2 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
