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Japan’s heat wave drives up food prices, prison inmate dies

VEGETABLE prices in Japan are spiking as much as 65 percent in the grip of a gruelling heat wave, which…

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Death toll hits 65 as Japan heatwave declared natural disaster

  JAPAN'S weather agency has declared a heatwave sweeping the country a natural disaster, with at least 65 deaths recorded…

7 years ago

Japan floods: Death toll rises to 200 as UN offers assistance

LANDSLIDES and flooding caused by torrential rain in Japan have killed 200 people in what has become one of the…

7 years ago

Japanese nurse poisons 20 patients

  A nurse in Japan has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning up to 20 patients so they wouldn't die…

7 years ago

Japan floods: Death toll rises as PM warns of ‘race against time’

NEARLY 80 people are believed to be dead in Japan after three days of torrential rain made rivers burst their…

7 years ago

Japan enacts law to reduce legal age of adulthood from 20 to 18

JAPAN'S upper house of parliament on Wednesday enacted a law to revise the current Civil Code and lower the legal…

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Deadly stabbing on Japan bullet train

A man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a passenger and injuring two others in a knife attack on…

7 years ago

Japan’s finance minister returns salary over land scandal

JAPAN'S finance minister has said he will return a full year's salary after his ministry was found to have tampered…

7 years ago

Nigeria partners Japan to improve productivity

THE National Productivity Centre (NPC) and the Japanese Government have collaborated to improve productivity in Nigeria’s manufacturing sector toward boosting…

7 years ago

Japanese man killed by falling rocks after volcano erupts at ski resort

A 49-year-old man has died, and at least 10 others are injured, after a volcano erupted near the popular Japanese…

7 years ago

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